About Balagodu Village

Balagodu is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 253, made up of 125 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balagodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balagodu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577434
Area (hectares)	143.08 hectares
Population	253
Male Population	125
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balagodu compares

By the 2011 count Balagodu is the 158th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 143.08 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Balagodu

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

How far is Balagodu from other places

Balagodu 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 Balagodu
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 Balagodu

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 Balagodu

As per the Census of India 2011, Balagodu village had a population of 253. That makes it the 158th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Balagodu village has 125 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balagodu has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1029.

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

Balagodu covers 143.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balagodu falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balagodu 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balagodu.

Balagodu 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.

Balagodu 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.