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About Halethota Village

Halethota is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 104, made up of 54 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halethota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halethota village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Hosanagara
Pincode 577418
Area (hectares) 93.96 hectares
Population 104
Male Population 54
Female Population 50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Halethota compares

By the 2011 count Halethota is the 168th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 93.96 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Halethota

Halethota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Halethota as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Halethota from other places

Halethota lies about 72 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 8.9 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 Halethota
Nearest railway station Talaguppa 8.9 km
Nearest town Sāgar 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Hosanagara 29 km
District headquarters Shimoga 72 km

Villages closest to Halethota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halethota village had a population of 104. That makes it the 168th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Halethota village has 54 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halethota has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Halethota is 577418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halethota covers 93.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Halethota falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Halethota is Talaguppa, about 8.9 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 <5 km distance for Halethota.

Halethota is about 72 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halethota is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Talaguppa is about 8.9 km away. Sāgar is about 11 km away. Hosanagara is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Iragodu (3.7 km), Melina Besige (14 km) and Kalur (16 km).

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

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