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About Halugunda Village

Halugunda is a large village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,446, made up of 1,781 males and 1,665 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 862.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halugunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halugunda village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kodagu
Tehsil Virajpet
Pincode 571211
Area (hectares) 862.63 hectares
Population 3,446
Male Population 1,781
Female Population 1,665
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Halugunda compares

By the 2011 count Halugunda is the 11th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 862.63 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Halugunda

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

Halugunda lies about 15 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, about 58 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 Halugunda
Tehsil headquarters Virajpet 9.0 km
District headquarters Kodagu 15 km
Nearest town Madikeri 18 km
Nearest railway station Bajakere 58 km

Villages closest to Halugunda

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.

Common questions about Halugunda

As per the Census of India 2011, Halugunda village had a population of 3,446. That makes it the 11th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Halugunda village has 1,781 males and 1,665 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halugunda has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Halugunda is 571211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halugunda covers 862.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halugunda falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Halugunda is Bajakere, about 58 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 Halugunda.

Halugunda is about 15 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halugunda is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 9.0 km away. Kodagu is about 15 km away. Madikeri is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maithadi (1.5 km), Byrambada (2.2 km) and Devanageri (3.7 km).

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

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