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About Balale Village

Balale is a mid sized village in Ankola tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,162, made up of 577 males and 585 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581344, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balale village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Ankola
Pincode 581344
Area (hectares) 216.58 hectares
Population 1,162
Male Population 577
Female Population 585
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balale compares

By the 2011 count Balale is the 16th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 979 residents. Its 216.58 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Balale

Balale is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balale as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Agragon, Agsur, Algeri and Andle. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balale

As per the Census of India 2011, Balale village had a population of 1,162. That makes it the 16th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 979 residents.

Balale village has 577 males and 585 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balale has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Balale is 581344. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balale covers 216.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balale falls under Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The census record for Balale notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balale.

Balale is in Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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