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About Belegeri Village

Belegeri is a small village in Yellapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 332, made up of 171 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 692.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581359, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belegeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belegeri village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Yellapur
Pincode 581359
Area (hectares) 692.38 hectares
Population 332
Male Population 171
Female Population 161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belegeri compares

By the 2011 count Belegeri is the 47th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 692.38 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Belegeri

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

Belegeri lies about 41 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Ambewadi, about 33 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 Belegeri
Tehsil headquarters Yellapur 3.7 km
Nearest town Yellāpur 3.7 km
Nearest railway station Ambewadi 33 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 41 km

Villages closest to Belegeri

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

Common questions about Belegeri

As per the Census of India 2011, Belegeri village had a population of 332. That makes it the 47th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Belegeri village has 171 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belegeri has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

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

Belegeri covers 692.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Belegeri is Ambewadi, about 33 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Belegeri.

Belegeri is about 41 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belegeri is in Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Yellapur is about 3.7 km away. Yellāpur is about 3.7 km away. Ambewadi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaddigadde (4.1 km), Shistamudi (5.4 km) and Shigepal (5.6 km).

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

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