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About Balekani Village

Balekani is a small village in Yellapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 86 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 411.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581359, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balekani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balekani village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Yellapur
Pincode 581359
Area (hectares) 411.9 hectares
Population 173
Male Population 86
Female Population 87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balekani compares

By the 2011 count Balekani is the 78th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 411.9 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 963.

Getting to Balekani

Balekani is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balekani as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Angod, Arbail, Baginkatta and Baichgod. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Balekani

As per the Census of India 2011, Balekani village had a population of 173. That makes it the 78th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Balekani village has 86 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balekani has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Balekani is 581359. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balekani covers 411.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balekani falls under Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The census record for Balekani notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Balekani.

Balekani is in Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balekani today is likely to be higher.

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