About Kerehalli Village

Kerehalli is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,434, made up of 719 males and 715 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 501.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kerehalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerehalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577419
Area (hectares)	501.47 hectares
Population	1,434
Male Population	719
Female Population	715
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	994
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kerehalli compares

By the 2011 count Kerehalli is the 28th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 501.47 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Kerehalli

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

Kerehalli lies about 86 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 37 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 Kerehalli
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	17 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	37 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	86 km

Villages closest to Kerehalli

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 Kerehalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerehalli village had a population of 1,434. That makes it the 28th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Kerehalli village has 719 males and 715 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerehalli has about 994 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

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

Kerehalli covers 501.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kerehalli falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kerehalli is Kanale, about 37 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 Kerehalli.

Kerehalli is about 86 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kerehalli is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 17 km away. Hāngal is about 26 km away. Kanale is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.