Balur
Hosanagara block · Shivamogga
district, Karnataka · PIN 577426
· village code 607937
Population 2011
1,033
Census of India
Population 2020
1,129
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.3%
96 people · 1.0% a year
Households
243
+5.7% vs 230 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,033
Male / female
514 / 519
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,010
Children aged 0–6
119
Literacy rate
72.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
34 / 0
Working population
435
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.6%
Households
230
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
175
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
175
Non-farm households
65
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
380 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
380 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Baluru panchayat, Hosanagara zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹20.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.56 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.85 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.13 lakh · received ₹8.80 lakh · spent ₹9.21 lakh · left ₹1.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.50 lakh · received ₹6.76 lakh · spent ₹18.12 lakh · left ₹7.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
14.0248, 75.2452 —
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