About Hanaji Village

Hanaji is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 583, made up of 302 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hanaji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hanaji village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577419
Area (hectares)	159.52 hectares
Population	583
Male Population	302
Female Population	281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hanaji compares

By the 2011 count Hanaji is the 111th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 159.52 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Hanaji

Hanaji is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hanaji 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Hanaji from other places

Hanaji lies about 89 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 39 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 Hanaji
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	20 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	39 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	89 km

Villages closest to Hanaji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hanaji village had a population of 583. That makes it the 111th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Hanaji village has 302 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hanaji has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Hanaji is 577419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hanaji covers 159.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hanaji falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hanaji is Kanale, about 39 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Hanaji.

Hanaji is about 89 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hanaji is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 20 km away. Hāngal is about 24 km away. Kanale is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.