About Hilukunji Village

Hilukunji is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 312, made up of 150 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 930.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hilukunji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hilukunji village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577425
Area (hectares)	930.97 hectares
Population	312
Male Population	150
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hilukunji compares

By the 2011 count Hilukunji is the 123rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 930.97 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 1025.

Getting to Hilukunji

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

Hilukunji lies about 56 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 32 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 Hilukunji
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	10 km
Nearest railway station	Anandapuram	32 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	37 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	56 km

Villages closest to Hilukunji

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.

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Common questions about Hilukunji

As per the Census of India 2011, Hilukunji village had a population of 312. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Hilukunji village has 150 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hilukunji has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Hilukunji is 577425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hilukunji covers 930.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hilukunji falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hilukunji is Anandapuram, about 32 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 Hilukunji.

Hilukunji is about 56 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hilukunji is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 10 km away. Anandapuram is about 32 km away. Someshwar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.