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About Huligadde Village

Huligadde is a mid sized village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 649, made up of 320 males and 329 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 695.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577436, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Huligadde Overview

Census 2011 figures for Huligadde village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Hosanagara
Pincode 577436
Area (hectares) 695.28 hectares
Population 649
Male Population 320
Female Population 329
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Huligadde compares

By the 2011 count Huligadde is the 66th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 695.28 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Huligadde

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

Huligadde lies about 34 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 11 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 Huligadde
Nearest railway station Arasalu 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Hosanagara 20 km
District headquarters Shimoga 34 km
Nearest town Shivamogga 34 km

Villages closest to Huligadde

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 Huligadde

As per the Census of India 2011, Huligadde village had a population of 649. That makes it the 66th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Huligadde village has 320 males and 329 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Huligadde has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Huligadde is 577436. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Huligadde covers 695.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Huligadde falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Huligadde is Arasalu, about 11 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 Huligadde.

Huligadde is about 34 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Huligadde is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Arasalu is about 11 km away. Hosanagara is about 20 km away. Shimoga is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amrutha (under 2 km), Kallur (2.8 km) and Kammachi (2.9 km).

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

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