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About Huluginakatte Village

Huluginakatte is a mid sized village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 522, made up of 243 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,148 females per 1000 males. The village covers 944.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Huluginakatte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Huluginakatte village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Shikarpur
Pincode 577427
Area (hectares) 944.89 hectares
Population 522
Male Population 243
Female Population 279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,148
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Huluginakatte compares

By the 2011 count Huluginakatte is the 115th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 944.89 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 979.

Getting to Huluginakatte

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

Huluginakatte lies about 39 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kumsi, about 23 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 Huluginakatte
Tehsil headquarters Shikarpur 10 km
Nearest town Shikaripura 10 km
Nearest railway station Kumsi 23 km
District headquarters Shimoga 39 km

Villages closest to Huluginakatte

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Huluginakatte village had a population of 522. That makes it the 115th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Huluginakatte village has 243 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Huluginakatte has about 1148 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Huluginakatte is 577427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Huluginakatte covers 944.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Huluginakatte falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Huluginakatte is Kumsi, about 23 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 Huluginakatte.

Huluginakatte is about 39 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Huluginakatte is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 10 km away. Shikaripura is about 10 km away. Kumsi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Huluginakoppa (under 2 km), Hosuru (1.8 km) and Bhandibhyranahalli (2.2 km).

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

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