About Herur Village

Herur is a large village in Hangal tehsil, in the district of Haveri, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,705, made up of 1,425 males and 1,280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 522.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Herur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Herur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Haveri
Tehsil	Hangal
Pincode	581148
Area (hectares)	522.6 hectares
Population	2,705
Male Population	1,425
Female Population	1,280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Herur compares

By the 2011 count Herur is the 18th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 522.6 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Herur

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

Herur lies about 17 km from Haveri. 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 Herur
Tehsil headquarters	Hangal	16 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	16 km
District headquarters	Haveri	17 km

Villages closest to Herur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Herur village had a population of 2,705. That makes it the 18th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Herur village has 1,425 males and 1,280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Herur has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Herur is 581148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Herur covers 522.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Herur falls under Hangal tehsil of Haveri district in Karnataka.

The census record for Herur notes the nearest railway station 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 Herur.

Herur is about 17 km from Haveri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Herur is in Hangal tehsil of Haveri district. Hangal is about 16 km away. Hāngal is about 16 km away. Haveri is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.