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About Hire Gadde Village

Hire Gadde is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 611, made up of 304 males and 307 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577414, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hire Gadde Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hire Gadde village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Tirthahalli
Pincode 577414
Area (hectares) 272.9 hectares
Population 611
Male Population 304
Female Population 307
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Hire Gadde compares

By the 2011 count Hire Gadde is the 73rd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 272.9 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Hire Gadde

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

Hire Gadde lies about 46 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 32 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 Hire Gadde
Tehsil headquarters Tirthahalli 6.7 km
Nearest town Someshwar 30 km
Nearest railway station Arasalu 32 km
District headquarters Shimoga 46 km

Villages closest to Hire Gadde

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tirthahalli 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.

Common questions about Hire Gadde

As per the Census of India 2011, Hire Gadde village had a population of 611. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Hire Gadde village has 304 males and 307 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hire Gadde has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Hire Gadde is 577414. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hire Gadde covers 272.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hire Gadde falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hire Gadde is Arasalu, about 32 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 Hire Gadde.

Hire Gadde is about 46 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hire Gadde is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 6.7 km away. Someshwar is about 30 km away. Arasalu is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muktihariharapura (under 2 km), Maragalale (1.7 km) and Mitla Godu (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Hire Gadde today is likely to be higher.

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