About Hirekodige Village

Hirekodige is a mid sized village in Koppa tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 800, made up of 397 males and 403 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 992.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hirekodige Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hirekodige village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Koppa
Pincode	577126
Area (hectares)	992.66 hectares
Population	800
Male Population	397
Female Population	403
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hirekodige compares

By the 2011 count Hirekodige is the 41st largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents. Its 992.66 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Hirekodige

Hirekodige is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hirekodige 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 Hirekodige from other places

Hirekodige lies about 58 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 46 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 Hirekodige
Tehsil headquarters	Koppa	8.2 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	29 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	46 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	58 km

Villages closest to Hirekodige

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hirekodige village had a population of 800. That makes it the 41st largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents.

Hirekodige village has 397 males and 403 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hirekodige has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Hirekodige is 577126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hirekodige covers 992.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hirekodige falls under Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hirekodige is Arasalu, about 46 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 Hirekodige.

Hirekodige is about 58 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hirekodige is in Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Koppa is about 8.2 km away. Someshwar is about 29 km away. Arasalu is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.