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About Beluru Village

Beluru is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 816, made up of 406 males and 410 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Beluru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beluru village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sagar
Pincode 577401
Area (hectares) 423.63 hectares
Population 816
Male Population 406
Female Population 410
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Beluru compares

By the 2011 count Beluru is the 53rd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 423.63 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Beluru

Beluru is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Beluru as Available within <5 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 Beluru from other places

Beluru lies about 50 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 10 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 Beluru
Nearest railway station Anandapuram 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 16 km
Nearest town Sāgar 16 km
District headquarters Shimoga 50 km

Villages closest to Beluru

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.

Common questions about Beluru

As per the Census of India 2011, Beluru village had a population of 816. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Beluru village has 406 males and 410 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beluru has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Beluru is 577401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Beluru covers 423.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Beluru falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Beluru is Anandapuram, about 10 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Beluru.

Beluru is about 50 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Beluru is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Anandapuram is about 10 km away. Sagar is about 16 km away. Sāgar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gantinakoppa (4.5 km), Saragunda (5.4 km) and Gijaga (5.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Beluru today is likely to be higher.

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