About Heroor Village

Heroor is a large village in Kundapura tehsil, in the district of Udupi, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,588, made up of 1,080 males and 1,508 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,396 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1755.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 576224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Heroor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Heroor village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Udupi
Tehsil	Kundapura
Pincode	576224
Area (hectares)	1755.66 hectares
Population	2,588
Male Population	1,080
Female Population	1,508
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,396
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Heroor compares

By the 2011 count Heroor is the 62nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,651 residents. Its 1755.66 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1162.

Getting to Heroor

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

Heroor lies about 9.4 km from Udupi, and the nearest railway station is Barkur, about 6.7 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 Heroor
Nearest railway station	Barkur	6.7 km
Nearest town	Malpe	8.9 km
District headquarters	Udupi	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kundapura	24 km

Villages closest to Heroor

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.

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Common questions about Heroor

As per the Census of India 2011, Heroor village had a population of 2,588. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,651 residents.

Heroor village has 1,080 males and 1,508 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Heroor has about 1396 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1162.

The pincode recorded for Heroor is 576224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Heroor covers 1755.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Heroor falls under Kundapura tehsil of Udupi district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Heroor is Barkur, about 6.7 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 Heroor.

Heroor is about 9.4 km from Udupi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Heroor is in Kundapura tehsil of Udupi district. Barkur is about 6.7 km away. Malpe is about 8.9 km away. Udupi is about 9.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.