About Balekai Village

Balekai is a small village in Siddapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 164, made up of 84 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581340, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balekai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balekai village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Siddapur
Pincode	581340
Area (hectares)	254.14 hectares
Population	164
Male Population	84
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
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 Balekai compares

By the 2011 count Balekai is the 139th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 254.14 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Balekai

Balekai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balekai 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 Balekai from other places

Balekai lies about 40 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 23 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 Balekai
Tehsil headquarters	Siddapur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	23 km
Nearest town	Sirsi	27 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	40 km

Villages closest to Balekai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balekai village had a population of 164. That makes it the 139th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Balekai village has 84 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balekai has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Balekai is 581340. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balekai covers 254.14 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.

Balekai falls under Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balekai is Talaguppa, about 23 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 Balekai.

Balekai is about 40 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balekai is in Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Siddapur is about 11 km away. Talaguppa is about 23 km away. Sirsi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.