About Balesar Village

Balesar is a small village in Siddapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 405, made up of 205 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 425.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581355, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balesar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balesar village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Siddapur
Pincode	581355
Area (hectares)	425.82 hectares
Population	405
Male Population	205
Female Population	200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balesar compares

By the 2011 count Balesar is the 80th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 425.82 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Balesar

Balesar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balesar 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 Balesar from other places

Balesar lies about 34 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 31 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 Balesar
Nearest town	Sirsi	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Siddapur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	31 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	34 km

Villages closest to Balesar

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 Balesar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balesar village had a population of 405. That makes it the 80th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Balesar village has 205 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balesar has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Balesar is 581355. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balesar covers 425.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Balesar is Talaguppa, about 31 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 Balesar.

Balesar is about 34 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balesar is in Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 17 km away. Siddapur is about 18 km away. Talaguppa is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.