About Balekuppam Village

Balekuppam is a mid sized village in Katpadi tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,978, made up of 995 males and 983 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632514, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balekuppam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balekuppam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Katpadi
Pincode	632514
Area (hectares)	346.4 hectares
Population	1,978
Male Population	995
Female Population	983
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 15 km distance

How Balekuppam compares

By the 2011 count Balekuppam is the 54th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,820 residents. Its 346.4 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Balekuppam

Balekuppam 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 Balekuppam 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 15 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balekuppam from other places

Balekuppam lies about 28 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Ramapuram Railway Station, about 8.9 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 Balekuppam
Nearest town	Rāmāpuram	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Ramapuram Railway Station	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katpadi	23 km
District headquarters	Vellore	28 km

Villages closest to Balekuppam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balekuppam village had a population of 1,978. That makes it the 54th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,820 residents.

Balekuppam village has 995 males and 983 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balekuppam has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Balekuppam is 632514. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balekuppam covers 346.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balekuppam falls under Katpadi tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Balekuppam is Ramapuram Railway Station, about 8.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 15 km distance.

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

Balekuppam is about 28 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balekuppam is in Katpadi tehsil of Vellore district. Rāmāpuram is about 8.3 km away. Ramapuram Railway Station is about 8.9 km away. Katpadi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.