About Balekoppa Village

Balekoppa is a small village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 124 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balekoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balekoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577427
Area (hectares)	215.35 hectares
Population	234
Male Population	124
Female Population	110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balekoppa compares

By the 2011 count Balekoppa is the 140th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 215.35 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Balekoppa

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

Balekoppa lies about 40 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kumsi, about 23 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 Balekoppa
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	6.7 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Kumsi	23 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	40 km

Villages closest to Balekoppa

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 Balekoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Balekoppa village had a population of 234. That makes it the 140th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Balekoppa village has 124 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balekoppa has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Balekoppa is 577427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balekoppa covers 215.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balekoppa falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balekoppa is Kumsi, about 23 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 Balekoppa.

Balekoppa is about 40 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balekoppa is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 6.7 km away. Shikaripura is about 6.7 km away. Kumsi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.