About Holemaruru Village

Holemaruru is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 398, made up of 207 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 707.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Holemaruru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Holemaruru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577429
Area (hectares)	707.68 hectares
Population	398
Male Population	207
Female Population	191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Holemaruru compares

By the 2011 count Holemaruru is the 160th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 707.68 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Holemaruru

Holemaruru is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Holemaruru as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Holemaruru from other places

Holemaruru lies about 83 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 19 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 Holemaruru
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	19 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	26 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	83 km

Villages closest to Holemaruru

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 Holemaruru

As per the Census of India 2011, Holemaruru village had a population of 398. That makes it the 160th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Holemaruru village has 207 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Holemaruru has about 923 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 Holemaruru is 577429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Holemaruru covers 707.68 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.

Holemaruru falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Holemaruru is Kanale, about 19 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 10+ km distance for Holemaruru.

Holemaruru is about 83 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Holemaruru is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 14 km away. Kanale is about 19 km away. Sāgar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.