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- LGD code
- 618082
- Pincode
- 571213
- Post office
- Gonikoppal
- Population
- 1,233
- Households
- 325
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Sex ratio
- 998 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 630
- Distance to district centre
- 498 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 509 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 512 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 340 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kawathe Mahankal · 27 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Arali Hospital · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bilur compares
By population, Bilur ranks #30 of 44 villages in Ponnampet mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.4%
−1.7% vs mandal average
Bilur66.4%
Ponnampet mandal68.1%
Kodagu district74.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
998
−27 vs mandal average
Bilur998
Ponnampet mandal1,025
Household size
people per home
3.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
Bilur3.8
Ponnampet mandal3.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bilur at a glance
Bilur is a village of 1,233 people in 325 households (Census 2011) in Ponnampet taluk, Kodagu district, Karnataka, the 30th-largest of 44 villages in Ponnampet taluk. Literacy is 66%, 2 points below the taluk average of 68% and the sex ratio is 998 women per 1,000 men. It lies 498 km from the Kodagu district centre, 21 km from Kanamadi, the nearest town, 27 km from Kawathe Mahankal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 571213, served by Gonikoppal post office; the LGD village code is 618082. The nearest hospital or health centre is Arali Hospital, 12 km away. The village votes in Krishnarajanagara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ravishankar D. The population is estimated at 1,454 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bilur
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- VIRAJPET
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 66
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PONNAPASANTHE
- Total area (ha)
- 857.45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Bilur
- LGD code
- 618082
- Pincode
- 571213
- Post office
- Gonikoppal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,233
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,454
- Households
- 325
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 998
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Coordinates
- 16.94655°N, 75.18261°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandya
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Krishnarajanagara
- Member of Parliament
- H. D. Kumaraswamy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ravishankar D
- Block / Mandal
- Ponnampet
- Nearest PHC
- Health Sub Center (533.0 km)
- Nearest bank
- Syndicate Bank Thithimathi Branch (530.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Bilur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bengaluru512 kmcapital
- Mumbai340 km
- Hyderabad354 km
- Chennai695 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKawathe Mahankal27 km
- Bus stopAbbihal24 km
- Hospital / PHCArali Hospital12 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda28 km
- Petrol pumpBPCL35 km
- CollegeK N E T Shri Murughendra Shivayogi D.el.ed College Near Siddheshwar Agasi Athani Karnataka Pin Code 59130427 km
- Police stationJat Police Station12 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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