About Balagodu Village

Balagodu is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 108, made up of 59 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577414, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balagodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balagodu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577414
Area (hectares)	75.88 hectares
Population	108
Male Population	59
Female Population	49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	831
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balagodu compares

By the 2011 count Balagodu is the 216th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 75.88 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1033.

Getting to Balagodu

Balagodu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balagodu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Balagodu from other places

Balagodu lies about 51 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 Balagodu
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	7.0 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	23 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	40 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	51 km

Villages closest to Balagodu

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 Balagodu

As per the Census of India 2011, Balagodu village had a population of 108. That makes it the 216th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Balagodu village has 59 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balagodu has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Balagodu is 577414. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balagodu covers 75.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balagodu falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balagodu 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balagodu.

Balagodu is about 51 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balagodu is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 7.0 km away. Someshwar is about 23 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.