About Hodal Village

Hodal is a mid sized village in Aland tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,978, made up of 1,001 males and 977 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 948.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hodal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hodal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Aland
Pincode	585316
Area (hectares)	948.84 hectares
Population	1,978
Male Population	1,001
Female Population	977
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hodal compares

By the 2011 count Hodal is the 52nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents. Its 948.84 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Hodal

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

Hodal lies about 25 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Mahagaon, about 11 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 Hodal
Nearest railway station	Mahagaon	11 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	25 km
Nearest town	Kalaburagi	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Aland	28 km

Villages closest to Hodal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hodal village had a population of 1,978. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents.

Hodal village has 1,001 males and 977 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hodal has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Hodal is 585316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hodal covers 948.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hodal falls under Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hodal is Mahagaon, about 11 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 Hodal.

Hodal is about 25 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hodal is in Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district. Mahagaon is about 11 km away. Gulbarga is about 25 km away. Kalaburagi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.