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About Horandi Village

Horandi is a mid sized village in Aurad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,697, made up of 888 males and 809 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 846.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585417, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Horandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Horandi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bidar
Tehsil Aurad
Pincode 585417
Area (hectares) 846.42 hectares
Population 1,697
Male Population 888
Female Population 809
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 911
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Horandi compares

By the 2011 count Horandi is the 51st largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents. Its 846.42 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Horandi

Horandi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Horandi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Horandi from other places

Horandi lies about 51 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Kamalnagar, about 5.8 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 Horandi
Nearest railway station Kamalnagar 5.8 km
Nearest town Bhālki 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Aurad 30 km
District headquarters Bidar 51 km

Villages closest to Horandi

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

Common questions about Horandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Horandi village had a population of 1,697. That makes it the 51st largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents.

Horandi village has 888 males and 809 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Horandi has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Horandi is 585417. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Horandi covers 846.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Horandi falls under Aurad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Horandi is Kamalnagar, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

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

Horandi is in Aurad tehsil of Bidar district. Kamalnagar is about 5.8 km away. Bhālki is about 19 km away. Aurad is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sonala (3.8 km), Murg (4.4 km) and Kamalnagar (5.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Horandi today is likely to be higher.

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