About Hornadu Village

Hornadu is a large village in Mudigere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,568, made up of 1,267 males and 1,301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2372.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hornadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hornadu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Mudigere
Pincode	577124
Area (hectares)	2372.26 hectares
Population	2,568
Male Population	1,267
Female Population	1,301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hornadu compares

By the 2011 count Hornadu is the 9th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 2372.26 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1042.

Getting to Hornadu

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

Hornadu lies about 45 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Chikkamagaluru, 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 Hornadu
Tehsil headquarters	Mudigere	33 km
Nearest town	Kārkala	41 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	45 km
Nearest railway station	Chikkamagaluru	46 km

Villages closest to Hornadu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hornadu village had a population of 2,568. That makes it the 9th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Hornadu village has 1,267 males and 1,301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hornadu has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Hornadu is 577124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hornadu covers 2372.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hornadu falls under Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hornadu is Chikkamagaluru, 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 Hornadu.

Hornadu is about 45 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hornadu is in Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Mudigere is about 33 km away. Kārkala is about 41 km away. Chikmagalur is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.