About Herur Village

Herur is a mid sized village in Hungund tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,840, made up of 928 males and 912 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 966.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Herur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Herur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Tehsil	Hungund
Pincode	587154
Area (hectares)	966.51 hectares
Population	1,840
Male Population	928
Female Population	912
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Herur compares

By the 2011 count Herur is the 30th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents. Its 966.51 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Herur

Herur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Herur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Herur from other places

Herur lies about 51 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Linganabandi, about 33 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Herur
Nearest town	Ilkal	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hungund	11 km
Nearest railway station	Linganabandi	33 km
District headquarters	Bagalkot	51 km

Villages closest to Herur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hungund tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Herur

As per the Census of India 2011, Herur village had a population of 1,840. That makes it the 30th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents.

Herur village has 928 males and 912 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Herur has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Herur is 587154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Herur covers 966.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Herur falls under Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Herur is Linganabandi, about 33 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Herur.

Herur is about 51 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Herur is in Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district. Ilkal is about 4.5 km away. Hungund is about 11 km away. Linganabandi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.