About Halligattu Village

Halligattu is one of the larger villages in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,473, made up of 3,170 males and 3,303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1086.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halligattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halligattu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Virajpet
Pincode	571216
Area (hectares)	1086.23 hectares
Population	6,473
Male Population	3,170
Female Population	3,303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Halligattu compares

By the 2011 count Halligattu is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 1086.23 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Halligattu

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

Halligattu lies about 36 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 62 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 Halligattu
Tehsil headquarters	Virajpet	15 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	36 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	38 km
Nearest railway station	Krishnaraja Nagar	62 km

Villages closest to Halligattu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halligattu village had a population of 6,473. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Halligattu village has 3,170 males and 3,303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halligattu has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Halligattu is 571216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halligattu covers 1086.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halligattu falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Halligattu is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 62 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 Halligattu.

Halligattu is about 36 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halligattu is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 15 km away. Kodagu is about 36 km away. Madikeri is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.