About Balasagodu Village

Balasagodu is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 490, made up of 250 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 469.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balasagodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balasagodu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577431
Area (hectares)	469.16 hectares
Population	490
Male Population	250
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balasagodu compares

By the 2011 count Balasagodu is the 102nd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 469.16 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Balasagodu

Balasagodu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balasagodu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balasagodu from other places

Balasagodu lies about 62 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 3.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Balasagodu
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	3.6 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Sagar Jambagaru	3.9 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	62 km

Villages closest to Balasagodu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sagar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Balasagodu

As per the Census of India 2011, Balasagodu village had a population of 490. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Balasagodu village has 250 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balasagodu has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Balasagodu is 577431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balasagodu covers 469.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balasagodu falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balasagodu is Sagar Jambagaru, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balasagodu.

Balasagodu is about 62 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balasagodu is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Sagar is about 3.6 km away. Sāgar is about 3.6 km away. Sagar Jambagaru is about 3.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.