About Hiriyal Village

Hiriyal is a mid sized village in Afzalpur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 619, made up of 320 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 359.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hiriyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hiriyal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Afzalpur
Pincode	585301
Area (hectares)	359.24 hectares
Population	619
Male Population	320
Female Population	299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hiriyal compares

By the 2011 count Hiriyal is the 71st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents. Its 359.24 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Hiriyal

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

Hiriyal lies about 69 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Boroti, about 24 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 Hiriyal
Tehsil headquarters	Afzalpur	17 km
Nearest railway station	Boroti	24 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	69 km

Villages closest to Hiriyal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hiriyal village had a population of 619. That makes it the 71st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents.

Hiriyal village has 320 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hiriyal has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Hiriyal is 585301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hiriyal covers 359.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hiriyal falls under Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hiriyal is Boroti, about 24 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 Hiriyal.

Hiriyal is about 69 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hiriyal is in Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Afzalpur is about 17 km away. Boroti is about 24 km away. Gulbarga is about 69 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.