About Balapura Village

Balapura is a small village in Sira tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 118 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 668.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Sira
Pincode	572115
Area (hectares)	668.63 hectares
Population	242
Male Population	118
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balapura compares

By the 2011 count Balapura is the 186th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents. Its 668.63 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, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Balapura

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

Balapura lies about 50 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Nittur, 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 Balapura
Tehsil headquarters	Sira	18 km
Nearest town	Sīra	18 km
Nearest railway station	Nittur	40 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	50 km

Villages closest to Balapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balapura village had a population of 242. That makes it the 186th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents.

Balapura village has 118 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapura has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Balapura is 572115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balapura covers 668.63 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.

Balapura falls under Sira tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balapura is Nittur, 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 Balapura.

Balapura is about 50 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balapura is in Sira tehsil of Tumkur district. Sira is about 18 km away. Sīra is about 18 km away. Nittur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.