# Balemet Village, Honavar, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Honavar, Uttara Kannada 

# Balemet

Balemet is a village in Honavar sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581348**. The 2011 Census counted **328 people in 90 households**, the 73rd largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%.

- 328people (2011)
- 90households
- 55.5%literacy
- 581348PIN code

## Balemet PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balemet is 581348.** Balemet falls in Honavar sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code581348
- Gram panchayatKodani
- Community development blockHonavar
- Census village code603768

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

## How far is Balemet from nearby towns?

- Honnavar (sub-district HQ)31 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)128 km by road
- Honavar (nearest town)31 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 Balemet?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Balemet; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Idagunji
- ○Degree college10+ km · Manki
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Honnavar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 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 Balemet known for?

The main crops are **paddy and arecanut**. About 2% of the 698 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Balemet

Of every 100 households in Balemet in 2011, 84 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balemet · ■ Honavar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**50%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**78%

Use banking services ****77%**

**84%

Television ****32%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Balemet?

■ Balemet · ■ Honavar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**83.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**997

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**964

Working population ****39.0%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.3% for men and 54.6% for women. 69% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 99 (77%) · **■** Marginal 28 (22%)

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 Honavar

- Hadikal371 people
- Khandodi359 people
- Aunsalli354 people
- Tumbebeela340 people
- Mallapur313 people
- Herali305 people
- Duggur286 people
- Koodla281 people

[All 93 villages in Honavar](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/uttara-kannada/honavar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balemet?581348
- How far is Balemet from Karwar?128 km by road
- What is the population of Balemet?328 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balemet in?Uttara Kannada district (Honavar sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Balemet?55.5% (Census 2011)