About Balagatte Village

Balagatte is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 389, made up of 191 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577415, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balagatte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balagatte village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577415
Area (hectares)	341.93 hectares
Population	389
Male Population	191
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balagatte compares

By the 2011 count Balagatte is the 130th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 341.93 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1033.

Getting to Balagatte

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

Balagatte lies about 45 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 40 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 Balagatte
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	6.0 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	28 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	40 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	45 km

Villages closest to Balagatte

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balagatte village had a population of 389. That makes it the 130th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Balagatte village has 191 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balagatte has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Balagatte is 577415. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balagatte covers 341.93 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.

Balagatte falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balagatte is Arasalu, about 40 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 Balagatte.

Balagatte is about 45 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balagatte is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 6.0 km away. Someshwar is about 28 km away. Arasalu is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.