About Hire Shakuna Village

Hire Shakuna is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 85 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 396.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hire Shakuna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hire Shakuna village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577429
Area (hectares)	396.05 hectares
Population	171
Male Population	85
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hire Shakuna compares

By the 2011 count Hire Shakuna is the 224th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 396.05 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Hire Shakuna

Hire Shakuna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hire Shakuna 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. The nearest villages by name are Heche, Heggodu, Hesari and Hesarikoppa. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Hire Shakuna

As per the Census of India 2011, Hire Shakuna village had a population of 171. That makes it the 224th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Hire Shakuna village has 85 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hire Shakuna has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

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

Hire Shakuna covers 396.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hire Shakuna falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The census record for Hire Shakuna notes the nearest railway station 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 Hire Shakuna.

Hire Shakuna is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.