About Harihara Village

Harihara is a mid sized village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,141, made up of 548 males and 593 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 848.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571249, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harihara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harihara village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Virajpet
Pincode	571249
Area (hectares)	848.91 hectares
Population	1,141
Male Population	548
Female Population	593
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,082
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harihara compares

By the 2011 count Harihara is the 60th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 848.91 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1026.

Getting to Harihara

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

Harihara lies about 48 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 61 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 Harihara
Tehsil headquarters	Virajpet	26 km
Nearest town	Hunsūr	43 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	48 km
Nearest railway station	Krishnaraja Nagar	61 km

Villages closest to Harihara

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 Harihara

As per the Census of India 2011, Harihara village had a population of 1,141. That makes it the 60th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Harihara village has 548 males and 593 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harihara has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Harihara is 571249. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harihara covers 848.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Harihara falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Harihara is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 61 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 Harihara.

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

Harihara is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 26 km away. Hunsūr is about 43 km away. Kodagu is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.