About Balige Village

Balige is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 209 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2355.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577421, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balige Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balige village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577421
Area (hectares)	2355.36 hectares
Population	435
Male Population	209
Female Population	226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,081
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balige compares

By the 2011 count Balige is the 113th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 2355.36 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 Balige

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

Balige lies about 64 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 12 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 Balige
Nearest railway station	Sagar Jambagaru	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	12 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	12 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	64 km

Villages closest to Balige

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 Balige

As per the Census of India 2011, Balige village had a population of 435. That makes it the 113th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Balige village has 209 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balige has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Balige is 577421. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balige covers 2355.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balige falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balige is Sagar Jambagaru, about 12 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 Balige.

Balige is about 64 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balige is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Sagar Jambagaru is about 12 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.