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- LGD code
- 600005
- Pincode
- 585417
- Post office
- Kamalnagar
- Population
- 1,109
- Households
- 194
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Sex ratio
- 932 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 537
- Distance to district centre
- 507 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 535 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 227 km
- Distance to Chennai
- 516 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chikkamagaluru · 35 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Balehole · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Balur compares
By population, Balur ranks #38 of 53 villages in Kamalnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.1%
+2.7% vs mandal average
- Balur
- 65.1%
- Kamalnagar mandal
- 62.4%
- Bidar district
- 61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
932
−24 vs mandal average
- Balur
- 932
- Kamalnagar mandal
- 956
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Balur
- 5.7
- Kamalnagar mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balur at a glance
Balur is a village of 1,109 people in 194 households (Census 2011) in Kamalnagar taluk, Bidar district, Karnataka, the 38th-largest of 53 villages in Kamalnagar taluk. Literacy is 65%, 3 points above the taluk average of 62% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. It lies 507 km from the Bidar district centre, 19 km from Kalasa, the nearest town, 35 km from Chikkamagaluru railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 585417, served by Kamalnagar post office; the LGD village code is 600005. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Balehole, 17 km away. The village votes in Basavakalyan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sharanu Salagar. The population is estimated at 1,308 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- UDGIR ( MAHARASTRA)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KAMALNAGAR
- Total area (ha)
- 598.29
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 58.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Balur
- LGD code
- 600005
- Pincode
- 585417
- Post office
- Kamalnagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,109
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,308
- Households
- 194
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 932
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Coordinates
- 13.14823°N, 75.51088°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bidar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Basavakalyan
- Member of Parliament
- Sagar Khandre
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sharanu Salagar
- Block / Mandal
- Kamalnagar
Getting there
How to reach Balur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bengaluru227 kmcapital
- Chennai516 km
- Hyderabad569 km
- Mumbai717 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChikkamagaluru35 km
- Bus stopHoranadu23 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Balehole17 km
- ATM / bankKarnataka Bank ATM4 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump13 km
- CollegeGovernment First Grade College20 km
- Police stationSP office34 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Balur
1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🕌Jamia MasjidMosque4.6 km ↗
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- Mudhole(B)
- Dabka(Chawar)
- Dongaon Makta
- Kushnoor Thana
- Chikli Udgir
- Sonala
- Holesamudra
- Belkuni Bhopalgad
- Handikhera
- Chimegaon
- Nandi Bijalgaon
- K0rekal
- Sawali
- Madnoor
- Hippalgaon
- Nidoda
- Malegaon
- Bedkunda
- Khed
- Halhalli
- Ganganbeed
- Chandeshwar
- Horandi
- Kalgapur
- Khatgaon
- Muthkhed (Chondi Mukhed)
- Kotgyal
- Chandoori
- Bhavani Bijalgaon
- Diggi
- Sangam
- Balad (K)
- Balat (B)
- Wagangera
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)