# Ballekere Village, Krishnarajpet, Mandya (Karnataka)

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Village · Krishnarajpet, Mandya 

# Ballekere

Ballekere is a village in Krishnarajpet sub-district of Mandya district, Karnataka, PIN code **571436**. The 2011 Census counted **452 people in 87 households**, the 195th largest of 299 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 452people (2011)
- 87households
- 68.9%literacy
- 571436PIN code

## Ballekere PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ballekere is 571436.** Ballekere falls in Krishnarajpet sub-district, Mandya district, Karnataka.

- PIN code571436
- Gram panchayatBharathipura
- Community development blockKrishnarajpet
- Census village code613469

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Ballekere from nearby towns?

- Krishnarajapet (sub-district HQ)19 km by road
- Mandya (district HQ)29 km by road
- Krishnarajapet (nearest town)1 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Ballekere?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Ballekere; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Santhebachahalli
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Krishnarajapet
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Krishnarajapet
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ballekere known for?

The main crops are **sugar cane and coconut**. Products made here include coir products. About 63% of the 394 hectares of village land is sown, and 77 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Ballekere

Of every 100 households in Ballekere in 2011, 74 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ballekere · ■ Krishnarajpet rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**71%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****47%**

**71%

Television ****38%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ballekere?

■ Ballekere · ■ Krishnarajpet rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1027**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**962

Working population ****56.6%**

**51.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 58.7% for women. 70% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 12 (5%) · **■** Marginal 180 (70%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Krishnarajpet

- Lokanahalli485 people
- Bellibettadakaval479 people
- Mathighatta473 people
- Uygonahalli464 people
- Dorenahalli446 people
- Madahalli439 people
- Kallanakere436 people
- Hangaramuddanahalli435 people

[All 316 villages in Krishnarajpet](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/mandya/krishnarajpet/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ballekere?571436
- How far is Ballekere from Mandya?29 km by road
- What is the population of Ballekere?452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ballekere in?Mandya district (Krishnarajpet sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Ballekere?68.9% (Census 2011)