# Balkur Village, Honavar, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Honavar, Uttara Kannada 

# Balkur

Balkur is a village in Honavar sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581423**. The 2011 Census counted **2,758 people in 613 households**, the 13th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%.

- 2,758people (2011)
- 613households
- 82.5%literacy
- 581423PIN code

## Balkur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balkur is 581423.** Balkur falls in Honavar sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code581423
- Gram panchayatBalkoor
- Community development blockHonavar
- Census village code603754

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

## How far is Balkur from nearby towns?

- Honnavar (sub-district HQ)21 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)114 km by road
- Honavar (nearest town)21 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 Balkur?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Balkur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Idagunji
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Manki
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Honnavar
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 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 Balkur known for?

The main crops are **paddy and arecanut**. About 19% of the 488 hectares of village land is sown, and 93 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 Balkur

Of every 100 households in Balkur in 2011, 90 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balkur · ■ Honavar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**50%

Tap water ****6%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**18%

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

**78%

Use banking services ****92%**

**84%

Television ****41%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**19%

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 Balkur?

■ Balkur · ■ Honavar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**83.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**997

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**964

Working population ****43.5%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 74.6% for women. 66% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (13%) · **■** Household industry 27 (2%) · **■** Other work 690 (58%) · **■** Marginal 244 (20%)

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

- Herangadi3,552 people
- Mavinkurva3,176 people
- Kudrige2,987 people
- Mugwa2,984 people
- Jalwalli2,733 people
- Mahime2,685 people
- Gunavante2,628 people
- Kadtoka2,609 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balkur?581423
- How far is Balkur from Karwar?114 km by road
- What is the population of Balkur?2,758 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balkur in?Uttara Kannada district (Honavar sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Balkur?82.5% (Census 2011)