Balele
Virajpet block · Kodagu
district, Karnataka · PIN 571219
· village code 618081
Population 2011
3,071
Census of India
Population 2020
1,909
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-37.8%
-1,162 people · -5.1% a year
Households
602
-29.7% vs 856 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,071
Male / female
1,518 / 1,553
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,023
Children aged 0–6
313
Literacy rate
62.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
434 / 973
Working population
1,658
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
9.1%
Households
856
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
159
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
234
Non-farm households
260
Share of households farming, 2020
47%
Net sown area
393 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
382 / 0 / 393
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balele panchayat, Ponnampet 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
₹32.23 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.80 lakh
Received directly
₹50,000
Spent
₹21.07 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.46 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.58 lakh · received ₹5.92 lakh · spent ₹7.28 lakh · left ₹14.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.64 lakh · received ₹8.88 lakh · spent ₹13.80 lakh · left ₹11.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.0901, 76.0656 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Kodagu ·
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