About Balehalli Village

Balehalli is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,246, made up of 617 males and 629 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3426.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balehalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balehalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577411
Area (hectares)	3426.35 hectares
Population	1,246
Male Population	617
Female Population	629
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balehalli compares

By the 2011 count Balehalli is the 14th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 3426.35 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 Balehalli

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

Balehalli lies about 63 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Barkur, about 44 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 Balehalli
Nearest town	Someshwar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	21 km
Nearest railway station	Barkur	44 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	63 km

Villages closest to Balehalli

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 Balehalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Balehalli village had a population of 1,246. That makes it the 14th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Balehalli village has 617 males and 629 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balehalli has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Balehalli is 577411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balehalli covers 3426.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balehalli falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balehalli is Barkur, about 44 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 Balehalli.

Balehalli 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.

Balehalli is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Someshwar is about 12 km away. Tirthahalli is about 21 km away. Barkur is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.