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About Holkunda Village

Holkunda is a large village in Gulbarga tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,495, made up of 1,307 males and 1,188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1376.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Holkunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Holkunda village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Gulbarga
Pincode 585313
Area (hectares) 1376.35 hectares
Population 2,495
Male Population 1,307
Female Population 1,188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Holkunda compares

By the 2011 count Holkunda is the 34th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,158 residents. Its 1376.35 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Holkunda

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

Holkunda lies about 26 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Nawadgi, about 2.4 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 Holkunda
Nearest railway station Nawadgi 2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Gulbarga 26 km
Nearest town Kalaburagi 26 km

Villages closest to Holkunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Holkunda village had a population of 2,495. That makes it the 34th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,158 residents.

Holkunda village has 1,307 males and 1,188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Holkunda has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Holkunda is 585313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Holkunda covers 1376.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Holkunda falls under Gulbarga tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Holkunda is Nawadgi, about 2.4 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 <5 km distance for Holkunda.

Holkunda is about 26 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Holkunda is in Gulbarga tehsil of Gulbarga district. Nawadgi is about 2.4 km away. Gulbarga is about 26 km away. Kalaburagi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Navadgi (2.2 km), Kathalli (3.1 km) and Dastapur (4.8 km).

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

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