About Harishi Village

Harishi is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,169, made up of 632 males and 537 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 661.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harishi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harishi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577429
Area (hectares)	661.79 hectares
Population	1,169
Male Population	632
Female Population	537
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harishi compares

By the 2011 count Harishi is the 40th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 661.79 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Harishi

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

Harishi lies about 93 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 31 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 Harishi
Nearest town	Sirsi	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	31 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	93 km

Villages closest to Harishi

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 Harishi

As per the Census of India 2011, Harishi village had a population of 1,169. That makes it the 40th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Harishi village has 632 males and 537 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harishi has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Harishi is 577429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harishi covers 661.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Harishi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Harishi is Kanale, about 31 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 Harishi.

Harishi is about 93 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harishi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sirsi is about 17 km away. Sorab is about 21 km away. Kanale is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.