About Herur Village

Herur is a large village in Koppa tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,022, made up of 1,010 males and 1,012 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1585.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Herur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Herur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Koppa
Pincode	577126
Area (hectares)	1585.97 hectares
Population	2,022
Male Population	1,010
Female Population	1,012
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
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 8th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents. Its 1585.97 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 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 52 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Chikkamagaluru, about 54 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
Tehsil headquarters	Koppa	17 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	27 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	52 km
Nearest railway station	Chikkamagaluru	54 km

Villages closest to Herur

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 Herur

As per the Census of India 2011, Herur village had a population of 2,022. That makes it the 8th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents.

Herur village has 1,010 males and 1,012 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Herur has about 1002 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 Herur is 577126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Herur covers 1585.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Herur falls under Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Herur is Chikkamagaluru, about 54 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 52 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Herur is in Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Koppa is about 17 km away. Someshwar is about 27 km away. Chikmagalur is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.