Balur, Hosanagara

Balur is a village located in the Hosanagara Taluk of Shivamogga district of Karnataka. The village falls in Hosanagara block and comes under Baluru Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Shivamogga parliament constituency and Sagar assembly constituency.

As on November 2024, the current population of Balur is 1.2 thousands out of which 576 are males and rest 581 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1009 females per 1000 males. There are around 119 teenagers in Balur. It has literacy rate of 72% which means around 834 persons can read and write. Total 38 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 258 households in Balur, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 487. The pincode of Balur is 577426 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Ripponpet Sub Post office
• Talale Branch Post office
• Halugadde Branch Post office
• Harohithlu Branch Post office
• Kenchanala Branch Post office

Schools

Balur has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Gpuc Ripponpet
• Sharada Higher Primary School Ripponpet
• Sri Sharada Ramakrishna Res. School Ripponpet
• Goodshepherd Higher Primary School Ripponpet
• Gmhps Ripponpete

Hospitals

Balur has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Ripponpet A Sub-Center
• Bellur Sub-Center
• Talale Sub-Center
• Halagudde Sub-Center
• Heddaripura Sub-Center

Banks

Balur has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Canara Bank Ripponpet