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About Huruli Village

Huruli is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 438, made up of 217 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577424, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Huruli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Huruli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Tirthahalli
Pincode 577424
Area (hectares) 414.31 hectares
Population 438
Male Population 217
Female Population 221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Huruli compares

By the 2011 count Huruli is the 111th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 414.31 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Huruli

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

Huruli lies about 61 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Barkur, about 40 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 Huruli
Nearest town Someshwar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Tirthahalli 17 km
Nearest railway station Barkur 40 km
District headquarters Shimoga 61 km

Villages closest to Huruli

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 Huruli

As per the Census of India 2011, Huruli village had a population of 438. That makes it the 111th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Huruli village has 217 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Huruli has about 1018 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 Huruli is 577424. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Huruli covers 414.31 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.

Huruli falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Huruli is Barkur, about 40 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 Huruli.

Huruli is about 61 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Huruli is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Someshwar is about 14 km away. Tirthahalli is about 17 km away. Barkur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shivalli (under 2 km), Shuntihaklu (2.1 km) and Megaravalli (5.2 km).

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

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