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About Horabailu Village

Horabailu is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 101, made up of 48 males and 53 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,104 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Horabailu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Horabailu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Tirthahalli
Pincode 577422
Area (hectares) 113.98 hectares
Population 101
Male Population 48
Female Population 53
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,104
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Horabailu compares

By the 2011 count Horabailu is the 219th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 113.98 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 Horabailu

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

Horabailu lies about 42 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 36 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 Horabailu
Tehsil headquarters Tirthahalli 4.1 km
Nearest town Someshwar 31 km
Nearest railway station Arasalu 36 km
District headquarters Shimoga 42 km

Villages closest to Horabailu

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 Horabailu

As per the Census of India 2011, Horabailu village had a population of 101. That makes it the 219th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Horabailu village has 48 males and 53 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Horabailu has about 1104 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Horabailu is 577422. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Horabailu covers 113.98 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.

Horabailu falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Horabailu is Arasalu, about 36 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 <5 km distance for Horabailu.

Horabailu 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.

Horabailu is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 4.1 km away. Someshwar is about 31 km away. Arasalu is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Melige (under 2 km), Salekoppa (1.5 km) and Kelakere (2.2 km).

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

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