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About Kerihalli Village

Kerihalli is a mid sized village in Shirhatti tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 618, made up of 331 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kerihalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerihalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gadag
Tehsil Shirhatti
Pincode 582112
Area (hectares) 461.85 hectares
Population 618
Male Population 331
Female Population 287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kerihalli compares

By the 2011 count Kerihalli is the 65th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents. Its 461.85 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Kerihalli

Kerihalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kerihalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kerihalli from other places

Kerihalli lies about 42 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Yalavigi, about 37 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 Kerihalli
Nearest town Hadagalli 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Shirhatti 26 km
Nearest railway station Yalavigi 37 km
District headquarters Gadag 42 km

Villages closest to Kerihalli

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

Common questions about Kerihalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerihalli village had a population of 618. That makes it the 65th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents.

Kerihalli village has 331 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerihalli has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Kerihalli is 582112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kerihalli covers 461.85 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.

Kerihalli falls under Shirhatti tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kerihalli is Yalavigi, about 37 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 10+ km distance for Kerihalli.

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

Kerihalli is in Shirhatti tehsil of Gadag district. Hadagalli is about 20 km away. Shirhatti is about 26 km away. Yalavigi is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sevanagar (under 2 km), Tarikoppa (2.6 km) and Bannikoppa (4.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kerihalli today is likely to be higher.

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