About Balemet Village

Balemet is a small village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 172 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 698.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581348, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balemet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balemet village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Honavar
Pincode	581348
Area (hectares)	698.35 hectares
Population	328
Male Population	172
Female Population	156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balemet compares

By the 2011 count Balemet is the 73rd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 698.35 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Balemet

Balemet is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balemet as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balemet from other places

Balemet lies about 51 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Manki, about 7.9 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 Balemet
Nearest railway station	Manki	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Honavar	15 km
Nearest town	Bhatkal	24 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	51 km

Villages closest to Balemet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balemet village had a population of 328. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Balemet village has 172 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balemet has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Balemet is 581348. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balemet covers 698.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balemet falls under Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balemet is Manki, about 7.9 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balemet.

Balemet is about 51 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balemet is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Manki is about 7.9 km away. Honavar is about 15 km away. Bhatkal is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.