About Horur Village

Horur is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 980, made up of 465 males and 515 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1397.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571237, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Horur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Horur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Somvarpet
Pincode	571237
Area (hectares)	1397.06 hectares
Population	980
Male Population	465
Female Population	515
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,108
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Horur compares

By the 2011 count Horur is the 52nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 1397.06 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1053.

Getting to Horur

Horur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Horur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Horur from other places

Horur lies about 8.9 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, about 47 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 Horur
Nearest town	Madikeri	8.3 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Somvarpet	20 km
Nearest railway station	Bajakere	47 km

Villages closest to Horur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Horur village had a population of 980. 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 1,421 residents.

Horur village has 465 males and 515 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Horur has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Horur is 571237. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Horur covers 1397.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Horur falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Horur is Bajakere, about 47 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Horur.

Horur is about 8.9 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Horur is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Madikeri is about 8.3 km away. Kodagu is about 8.9 km away. Somvarpet is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.