Balenja, Beltangadi
Balenja is a village located in the Beltangadi Taluk of Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. The village falls in Beltangadi block and comes under Balanja Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Dakshina Kannada parliament constituency and Belthangady assembly constituency.
As on October 2025, the current population of Balenja is 1.6 thousands out of which 769 are males and rest 870 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1131 females per 1000 males. There are around 149 teenagers in Balenja. It has literacy rate of 73% which means around 1.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 113 people belonging to scheduled caste and 12 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 346 households in Balenja, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 957. The pincode of Balenja is 574217 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Guruvayanakere Sub Post office
- Kaniyur(Beltangady) Branch Post office
- Gerukatte Branch Post office
- Gardady Branch Post office
- Aldangady Branch Post office
Schools
Balenja has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Manshar English Medium School Gerukatte
- St Peter Claver English Medium School Aladangady
- Dkzp Govt. Pre University College Aladangady
- Dkzp Govt. High School Guruvainakere
- Dkzp Govt. Pre University College Gerukatte
Banks
Balenja has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.