About Balegadde Village

Balegadde is a mid sized village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 724, made up of 362 males and 362 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 617.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balegadde Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balegadde village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581336
Area (hectares)	617.27 hectares
Population	724
Male Population	362
Female Population	362
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balegadde compares

By the 2011 count Balegadde is the 46th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 617.27 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Balegadde

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

Balegadde lies about 23 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 41 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 Balegadde
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	7.6 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	23 km
Nearest railway station	Mirjan	41 km

Villages closest to Balegadde

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balegadde village had a population of 724. That makes it the 46th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Balegadde village has 362 males and 362 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balegadde has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Balegadde is 581336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balegadde covers 617.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balegadde falls under Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balegadde is Mirjan, about 41 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balegadde.

Balegadde is about 23 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balegadde is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 7.6 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 23 km away. Mirjan is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.