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About Balshettikop Village

Balshettikop is a small village in Haliyal tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 252 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 756.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581329, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balshettikop Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balshettikop village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Haliyal
Pincode 581329
Area (hectares) 756.52 hectares
Population 470
Male Population 252
Female Population 218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balshettikop compares

By the 2011 count Balshettikop is the 61st largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 834 residents. Its 756.52 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Balshettikop

Balshettikop is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balshettikop as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Balshettikop from other places

Balshettikop lies about 62 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Ambewadi, about 14 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 Balshettikop
Nearest town Dandeli 13 km
Nearest railway station Ambewadi 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Haliyal 15 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 62 km

Villages closest to Balshettikop

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balshettikop village had a population of 470. That makes it the 61st largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 834 residents.

Balshettikop village has 252 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balshettikop has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Balshettikop is 581329. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balshettikop covers 756.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balshettikop falls under Haliyal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balshettikop is Ambewadi, about 14 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balshettikop.

Balshettikop is about 62 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balshettikop is in Haliyal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Dandeli is about 13 km away. Ambewadi is about 14 km away. Haliyal is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chotakanshirda (2.7 km), Narnalli (2.8 km) and Rayapattan (2.8 km).

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

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