About Giriyal Village

Giriyal is a mid sized village in Hubli tehsil, in the district of Dharwad, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,369, made up of 716 males and 653 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 580024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giriyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giriyal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dharwad
Tehsil	Hubli
Pincode	580024
Area (hectares)	156.02 hectares
Population	1,369
Male Population	716
Female Population	653
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Giriyal compares

By the 2011 count Giriyal is the 34th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,856 residents. Its 156.02 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Giriyal

Giriyal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Giriyal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Giriyal from other places

Giriyal lies about 24 km from Dharwad. 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 Giriyal
Tehsil headquarters	Hubli	9.1 km
Nearest town	Hubballi	9.1 km
District headquarters	Dharwad	24 km

Villages closest to Giriyal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giriyal village had a population of 1,369. That makes it the 34th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,856 residents.

Giriyal village has 716 males and 653 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giriyal has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Giriyal is 580024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giriyal covers 156.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Giriyal falls under Hubli tehsil of Dharwad district in Karnataka.

The census record for Giriyal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Giriyal.

Giriyal is about 24 km from Dharwad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giriyal is in Hubli tehsil of Dharwad district. Hubli is about 9.1 km away. Hubballi is about 9.1 km away. Dharwad is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.