About Herur Village

Herur is a mid sized village in Hosdurga tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 912, made up of 471 males and 441 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 561.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Herur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Herur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hosdurga
Pincode	577554
Area (hectares)	561.88 hectares
Population	912
Male Population	471
Female Population	441
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Herur compares

By the 2011 count Herur is the 83rd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 561.88 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Herur

Herur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Herur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Herur from other places

Herur lies about 42 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Arabaghatta, about 7.9 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 railway station	Arabaghatta	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosdurga	13 km
Nearest town	Hosadurga	13 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	42 km

Villages closest to Herur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hosdurga 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 912. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Herur village has 471 males and 441 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Herur has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Herur is 577554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Herur covers 561.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Herur falls under Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Herur is Arabaghatta, about 7.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Herur.

Herur is about 42 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Herur is in Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district. Arabaghatta is about 7.9 km away. Hosdurga is about 13 km away. Hosadurga is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.