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About Ballekatte Village

Ballekatte is a small village in Tiptur tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 104 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ballekatte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ballekatte village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Tiptur
Pincode 572114
Area (hectares) 170.2 hectares
Population 221
Male Population 104
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,125
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ballekatte compares

By the 2011 count Ballekatte is the 178th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 734 residents. Its 170.2 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1015.

Getting to Ballekatte

The census records public bus service for Ballekatte as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ballekatte from other places

Ballekatte lies about 58 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Kardi, about under 2 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 Ballekatte
Nearest railway station Kardi under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Tiptur 10 km
Nearest town Tiptūr 10 km
District headquarters Tumkur 58 km

Villages closest to Ballekatte

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

Common questions about Ballekatte

As per the Census of India 2011, Ballekatte village had a population of 221. That makes it the 178th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 734 residents.

Ballekatte village has 104 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ballekatte has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Ballekatte is 572114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ballekatte covers 170.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ballekatte falls under Tiptur tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ballekatte is Kardi, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ballekatte.

Ballekatte is about 58 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ballekatte is in Tiptur tehsil of Tumkur district. Kardi is about under 2 km away. Tiptur is about 10 km away. Tiptūr is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kondlighatta (1.8 km), Madlehalli (1.8 km) and Kadushettihalli (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ballekatte today is likely to be higher.

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