Nadahabba — the state festival. Bombe Habba doll steps at home; Mysuru Dasara is the public form, the Jamboo Savari procession on Vijayadashami carrying the Chamundeshwari idol on a decorated elephant.
The regional form observed across Karnataka. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
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LGD code
599895
Pincode
585413
Post office
Halbarga
Population
1,999
Households
433
Literacy rate
53%
Sex ratio
1019 ♀/1000♂
Workers
952
Distance to district centre
507 km
Distance to mandal centre
525 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
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Balur താരതമ്യം
By population, Balur ranks #39 of 133 villages in Bhalki mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.0%
−8.4% vs mandal average
Balur53.0%
Bhalki mandal61.4%
Bidar district61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,019
+58 vs mandal average
Balur1,019
Bhalki mandal961
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.5 vs mandal average
Balur4.6
Bhalki mandal5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Balur കർണാടകയിലെ ബിഡാര് ജില്ല, Bhalki താലൂക്ക്ൽ 1,999 പേർ 433 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Bhalki താലൂക്ക്ലെ 133 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 39-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 53%, താലൂക്ക് ശരാശരി 61% നേക്കാൾ 8 പോയിന്റ് കുറവ് ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 1,019 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് ബിഡാര് ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 507 കി.മീ, അടുത്ത പട്ടണമായ Kalasaൽ നിന്ന് 19 കി.മീ, Chikkamagaluru റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 35 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 585413, Halbarga പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 599895. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി Government Hospital, Balehole, 17 കി.മീ അകലെ. ഗ്രാമം Gulbarga Rural നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Basawaraj Mattimudu. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 2,357, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
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
Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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Demographics — Census 2011 + 2026 estimate + NFHS-5
Population, education, health & sanitation
India's last full census was 2011 · 2026 figures are RGI projections · NFHS-5 (2019-21) covers the Bidar district level
Then & Now
Balur — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
1,999
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Population · 2026
2,357
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
433
Census 2011 baseline
+18.0%
Households · 2026
511
RGI / state CAGR projection
2011 = decadal Census of India. 2026 = forward-projection from state-level CAGR — working estimate, refines when the next Census publishes.
Census 2011
Canonical baseline · last full census · village-level
Population
1,999Census 2011
Households
433Census 2011
Literacy rate
53.0%Census 2011
Sex ratio
1019 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
2,3572026 proj. · +17.9% vs 2011
Est. households
5112026 projection
Active job cards
1,58,843MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
HHs worked (FY)
1,17,153MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
State electorate
5,37,39,456ECI Lok Sabha 2024 final roll
NFHS-5 (2019-21)
National Family Health Survey · district overlay
Sex ratio @ birth
898NFHS-5 district
Female literacy
73.8%NFHS-5 district
Electricity
98.8%NFHS-5 district
Improved sanitation
56.5%NFHS-5 district
Children vaccinated
77.7%NFHS-5 district
Anaemia (women)
55.9%NFHS-5 district
Post-2011 updates
Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes
Tap water at homedistrict level
70.9%Jal Jeevan Mission · Dec 2023 · Bidar district
Rural houses builtdistrict level
1,46,837PMAY-G · 1,46,837 of 9,44,140 sanctioned · Mar 2025 · Bidar district
Toilets builtdistrict level
3,93,278Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin · Dec 2023 · Bidar district
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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