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About Heranjal Village

Heranjal is a mid sized village in Kundapura tehsil, in the district of Udupi, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,688, made up of 770 males and 918 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,192 females per 1000 males. The village covers 574.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 576219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Heranjal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Heranjal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Udupi
Tehsil Kundapura
Pincode 576219
Area (hectares) 574.56 hectares
Population 1,688
Male Population 770
Female Population 918
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,192
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Heranjal compares

By the 2011 count Heranjal is the 87th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,651 residents. Its 574.56 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1162.

Getting to Heranjal

Heranjal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Heranjal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Heranjal from other places

Heranjal lies about 53 km from Udupi, and the nearest railway station is Bijoor, about 3.0 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 Heranjal
Nearest railway station Bijoor 3.0 km
Nearest town Byndoor 7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Kundapura 19 km
District headquarters Udupi 53 km

Villages closest to Heranjal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Heranjal village had a population of 1,688. That makes it the 87th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,651 residents.

Heranjal village has 770 males and 918 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Heranjal has about 1192 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1162.

The pincode recorded for Heranjal is 576219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Heranjal covers 574.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Heranjal falls under Kundapura tehsil of Udupi district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Heranjal is Bijoor, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Heranjal.

Heranjal is about 53 km from Udupi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Heranjal is in Kundapura tehsil of Udupi district. Bijoor is about 3.0 km away. Byndoor is about 7.9 km away. Kundapura is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kambadakone (2.0 km), Kergal (2.9 km) and Kalthodu (3.3 km).

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

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