About Biluvani Village

Biluvani is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 761, made up of 375 males and 386 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Biluvani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biluvani village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577428
Area (hectares)	326.25 hectares
Population	761
Male Population	375
Female Population	386
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Biluvani compares

By the 2011 count Biluvani is the 81st largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 326.25 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Biluvani

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

Biluvani lies about 64 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 28 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 Biluvani
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	13 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	20 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	28 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	64 km

Villages closest to Biluvani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Biluvani village had a population of 761. That makes it the 81st largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Biluvani village has 375 males and 386 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biluvani has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Biluvani is 577428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Biluvani covers 326.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Biluvani falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Biluvani is Balegundi, about 28 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 Biluvani.

Biluvani 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.

Biluvani is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 13 km away. Shikaripura is about 20 km away. Balegundi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.