About Hirearakere Village

Hirearakere is a mid sized village in Jagalur tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 942, made up of 499 males and 443 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 469.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hirearakere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hirearakere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Jagalur
Pincode	577553
Area (hectares)	469.43 hectares
Population	942
Male Population	499
Female Population	443
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hirearakere compares

By the 2011 count Hirearakere is the 65th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 469.43 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Hirearakere

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

Hirearakere lies about 31 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Kodaganuru, about 26 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 Hirearakere
Tehsil headquarters	Jagalur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kodaganuru	26 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	31 km
Nearest town	Davangere	31 km

Villages closest to Hirearakere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hirearakere village had a population of 942. That makes it the 65th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Hirearakere village has 499 males and 443 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hirearakere has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Hirearakere is 577553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hirearakere covers 469.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hirearakere falls under Jagalur tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hirearakere is Kodaganuru, about 26 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 Hirearakere.

Hirearakere is about 31 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hirearakere is in Jagalur tehsil of Davanagere district. Jagalur is about 14 km away. Kodaganuru is about 26 km away. Davanagere is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.