About Belagavi Village

Belagavi is a large village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,920, made up of 2,002 males and 1,918 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 872.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belagavi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belagavi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577450
Area (hectares)	872.64 hectares
Population	3,920
Male Population	2,002
Female Population	1,918
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belagavi compares

By the 2011 count Belagavi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 872.64 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Belagavi

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

Belagavi lies about 63 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Adderi, about 30 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 Belagavi
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	19 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	19 km
Nearest railway station	Adderi	30 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	63 km

Villages closest to Belagavi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shikarpur 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 Belagavi

As per the Census of India 2011, Belagavi village had a population of 3,920. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Belagavi village has 2,002 males and 1,918 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belagavi has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Belagavi is 577450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belagavi covers 872.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belagavi falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Belagavi is Adderi, about 30 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 village for Belagavi.

Belagavi is about 63 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belagavi is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 19 km away. Shikaripura is about 19 km away. Adderi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.