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About Horalavadi Village

Horalavadi is a large village in Nanjangud tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,752, made up of 1,387 males and 1,365 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 476.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Horalavadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Horalavadi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Nanjangud
Pincode 571129
Area (hectares) 476.54 hectares
Population 2,752
Male Population 1,387
Female Population 1,365
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Horalavadi compares

By the 2011 count Horalavadi is the 33rd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents. Its 476.54 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Horalavadi

Horalavadi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Horalavadi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Horalavadi from other places

Horalavadi lies about 21 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Nanjangud Town, about 5.3 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 Horalavadi
Nearest railway station Nanjangud Town 5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Nanjangud 5.5 km
Nearest town Nanjangūd 5.5 km
District headquarters Mysore 21 km

Villages closest to Horalavadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Horalavadi village had a population of 2,752. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents.

Horalavadi village has 1,387 males and 1,365 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Horalavadi has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Horalavadi is 571129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Horalavadi covers 476.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Horalavadi falls under Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Horalavadi is Nanjangud Town, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Horalavadi.

Horalavadi is about 21 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Horalavadi is in Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district. Nanjangud Town is about 5.3 km away. Nanjangud is about 5.5 km away. Nanjangūd is about 5.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alambur (under 2 km), Bokkahalli (1.5 km) and Saragooru (2.6 km).

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

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