About Bellankeri Village

Bellankeri is a mid sized village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 619, made up of 318 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 327.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581358, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bellankeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bellankeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581358
Area (hectares)	327.23 hectares
Population	619
Male Population	318
Female Population	301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bellankeri compares

By the 2011 count Bellankeri is the 60th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 327.23 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Bellankeri

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

Bellankeri lies about 49 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Haveri, about 45 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 Bellankeri
Nearest town	Hāngal	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	20 km
Nearest railway station	Haveri	45 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	49 km

Villages closest to Bellankeri

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 Bellankeri

As per the Census of India 2011, Bellankeri village had a population of 619. That makes it the 60th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Bellankeri village has 318 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bellankeri has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Bellankeri is 581358. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bellankeri covers 327.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Bellankeri is Haveri, about 45 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 Bellankeri.

Bellankeri is about 49 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bellankeri is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Hāngal is about 16 km away. Sirsi is about 20 km away. Haveri is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.