About Balkur Village

Balkur is a large village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,758, made up of 1,385 males and 1,373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 487.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581423, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balkur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Honavar
Pincode	581423
Area (hectares)	487.62 hectares
Population	2,758
Male Population	1,385
Female Population	1,373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balkur compares

By the 2011 count Balkur is the 13th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 487.62 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Balkur

Balkur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balkur as Available within 5 - 10 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 Balkur from other places

Balkur lies about 38 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 28 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 Balkur
Tehsil headquarters	Honavar	28 km
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	28 km
Nearest town	Kumta	31 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	38 km

Villages closest to Balkur

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 Balkur

As per the Census of India 2011, Balkur village had a population of 2,758. That makes it the 13th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Balkur village has 1,385 males and 1,373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balkur has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Balkur is 581423. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balkur covers 487.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Balkur is Talaguppa, about 28 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 village for Balkur.

Balkur is about 38 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balkur is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Honavar is about 28 km away. Talaguppa is about 28 km away. Kumta is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.