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About Honnal Village

Honnal is a mid sized village in Jevargi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 891, made up of 420 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,121 females per 1000 males. The village covers 478.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Honnal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Honnal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Jevargi
Pincode 585303
Area (hectares) 478.26 hectares
Population 891
Male Population 420
Female Population 471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,121
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Honnal compares

By the 2011 count Honnal is the 105th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents. Its 478.26 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Honnal

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

Honnal lies about 48 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Nalwar, about 8.8 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 Honnal
Nearest railway station Nalwar 8.8 km
Nearest town Wādi 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Jevargi 21 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 48 km

Villages closest to Honnal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Honnal village had a population of 891. That makes it the 105th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents.

Honnal village has 420 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Honnal has about 1121 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Honnal is 585303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Honnal covers 478.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Honnal falls under Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Honnal is Nalwar, about 8.8 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 Honnal.

Honnal is about 48 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Honnal is in Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Nalwar is about 8.8 km away. Wādi is about 16 km away. Jevargi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hotinmadu (3.3 km), Biryal (4.2 km) and Malla (4.6 km).

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

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