About Horabailu Village

Horabailu is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 81 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,210 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Horabailu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Horabailu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577429
Area (hectares)	163.67 hectares
Population	179
Male Population	81
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,210
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Horabailu compares

By the 2011 count Horabailu is the 220th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 163.67 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 986.

Getting to Horabailu

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

Horabailu lies about 63 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 12 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 Horabailu
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	12 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	12 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	14 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	63 km

Villages closest to Horabailu

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 Horabailu

As per the Census of India 2011, Horabailu village had a population of 179. That makes it the 220th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Horabailu village has 81 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Horabailu has about 1210 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

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

Horabailu covers 163.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Horabailu falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Horabailu is Balegundi, about 12 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 Horabailu.

Horabailu is about 63 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Horabailu is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 12 km away. Balegundi is about 12 km away. Sāgar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.