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About Honnekere Village

Honnekere is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 168 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,095 females per 1000 males. The village covers 409.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577415, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Honnekere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Honnekere village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Tirthahalli
Pincode 577415
Area (hectares) 409.75 hectares
Population 352
Male Population 168
Female Population 184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,095
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Honnekere compares

By the 2011 count Honnekere is the 138th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 409.75 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1033.

Getting to Honnekere

Honnekere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Honnekere as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Honnekere from other places

Honnekere lies about 42 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, 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 Honnekere
Tehsil headquarters Tirthahalli 10 km
Nearest town Someshwar 32 km
Nearest railway station Arasalu 40 km
District headquarters Shimoga 42 km

Villages closest to Honnekere

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 Honnekere

As per the Census of India 2011, Honnekere village had a population of 352. That makes it the 138th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Honnekere village has 168 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Honnekere has about 1095 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Honnekere is 577415. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Honnekere covers 409.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Honnekere falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Honnekere is Arasalu, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Honnekere.

Honnekere is about 42 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Honnekere is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 10 km away. Someshwar is about 32 km away. Arasalu 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 Salgadi (under 2 km), Almane (1.8 km) and Patlamane (1.9 km).

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

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