About Bilisiri Village

Bilisiri is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,116, made up of 537 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1254.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bilisiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bilisiri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577434
Area (hectares)	1254.1 hectares
Population	1,116
Male Population	537
Female Population	579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bilisiri compares

By the 2011 count Bilisiri is the 30th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 1254.1 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Bilisiri

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

How far is Bilisiri from other places

Bilisiri lies about 57 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 6.4 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 Bilisiri
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	12 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	12 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	57 km

Villages closest to Bilisiri

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 Bilisiri

As per the Census of India 2011, Bilisiri village had a population of 1,116. That makes it the 30th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Bilisiri village has 537 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bilisiri has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Bilisiri is 577434. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bilisiri covers 1254.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bilisiri falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bilisiri is Balegundi, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Bilisiri is about 57 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bilisiri is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Balegundi is about 6.4 km away. Sagar is about 12 km away. Sāgar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.