# Balasagodu Village, Sagar, Shimoga (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Sagar, Shimoga 

# Balasagodu

Balasagodu is a village in Sagar sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577431**. The 2011 Census counted **490 people in 119 households**, the 103rd largest of 230 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.9%.

- 490people (2011)
- 119households
- 78.0%literacy
- 577431PIN code

## Balasagodu PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balasagodu is 577431.** Balasagodu falls in Sagar sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577431
- Gram panchayatUlluru
- Community development blockSagar
- Census village code607199

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

## How far is Balasagodu from nearby towns?

- Sagar (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)72 km by road
- Sagar (nearest town)3 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 Balasagodu?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Balasagodu; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sagar
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sagar
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Sagar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)11 h summer · 11 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 Balasagodu known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 33% of the 469 hectares of village land is sown, and 68 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 Balasagodu

Of every 100 households in Balasagodu in 2011, 95 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Balasagodu · ■ Sagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**40%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**85%

Use banking services ****67%**

**82%

Television ****72%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**26%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****0%**

**11%

Own their home ****92%**

**95%

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 Balasagodu?

■ Balasagodu · ■ Sagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**76.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**1019

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**955

Working population ****41.2%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 70.5% for women. 66% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 69 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (20%) · **■** Other work 88 (44%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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 Sagar

- Shankanna Shanubhog508 people
- Iruvakki507 people
- Maradavalli503 people
- Balegaru502 people
- Satalalu486 people
- Bilagodi477 people
- Adagalale474 people
- Kudigere472 people

[All 238 villages in Sagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/shimoga/sagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balasagodu?577431
- How far is Balasagodu from Shimoga?72 km by road
- What is the population of Balasagodu?490 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balasagodu in?Shimoga district (Sagar sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Balasagodu?78.0% (Census 2011)