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About Honnetalu Village

Honnetalu is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 669, made up of 324 males and 345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 908.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Honnetalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Honnetalu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Tirthahalli
Pincode 577411
Area (hectares) 908.92 hectares
Population 669
Male Population 324
Female Population 345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,065
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Honnetalu compares

By the 2011 count Honnetalu is the 64th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 908.92 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1033.

Getting to Honnetalu

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

Honnetalu lies about 62 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Barkur, about 43 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 Honnetalu
Nearest town Someshwar 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Tirthahalli 18 km
Nearest railway station Barkur 43 km
District headquarters Shimoga 62 km

Villages closest to Honnetalu

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 Honnetalu

As per the Census of India 2011, Honnetalu village had a population of 669. That makes it the 64th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Honnetalu village has 324 males and 345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Honnetalu has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Honnetalu is 577411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Honnetalu covers 908.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Honnetalu falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Honnetalu is Barkur, about 43 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 Honnetalu.

Honnetalu is about 62 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Honnetalu is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Someshwar is about 11 km away. Tirthahalli is about 18 km away. Barkur is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mulubagilu (under 2 km), Nantur (under 2 km) and Changaru (3.3 km).

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

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