About Belenje Village

Belenje is a mid sized village in Karkal tehsil, in the district of Udupi, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,997, made up of 976 males and 1,021 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 994.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 576112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belenje Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belenje village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Udupi
Tehsil	Karkal
Pincode	576112
Area (hectares)	994.49 hectares
Population	1,997
Male Population	976
Female Population	1,021
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belenje compares

By the 2011 count Belenje is the 39th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,743 residents. Its 994.49 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1097.

Getting to Belenje

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

Belenje lies about 31 km from Udupi, and the nearest railway station is Barkur, about 24 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 Belenje
Nearest town	Someshwar	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Barkur	24 km
District headquarters	Udupi	31 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karkal	32 km

Villages closest to Belenje

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belenje village had a population of 1,997. That makes it the 39th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,743 residents.

Belenje village has 976 males and 1,021 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belenje has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1097.

The pincode recorded for Belenje is 576112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belenje covers 994.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belenje falls under Karkal tehsil of Udupi district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Belenje is Barkur, about 24 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 Belenje.

Belenje is about 31 km from Udupi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belenje is in Karkal tehsil of Udupi district. Someshwar is about 9.9 km away. Barkur is about 24 km away. Udupi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.