About Balgar Village

Balgar is a small village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 142, made up of 70 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581340, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balgar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balgar village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581340
Area (hectares)	112.84 hectares
Population	142
Male Population	70
Female Population	72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balgar compares

By the 2011 count Balgar is the 191st largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 112.84 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Balgar

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

Balgar lies about 31 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 36 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 Balgar
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	11 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	31 km
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	36 km

Villages closest to Balgar

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 Balgar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balgar village had a population of 142. That makes it the 191st largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Balgar village has 70 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balgar has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

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

Balgar covers 112.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Balgar is Talaguppa, about 36 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 10+ km distance for Balgar.

Balgar is about 31 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balgar is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 11 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 31 km away. Talaguppa is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.