About Herur Village

Herur is a small village in Bhatkal tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 210, made up of 104 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Herur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Herur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Bhatkal
Pincode	581320
Area (hectares)	133 hectares
Population	210
Male Population	104
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Herur compares

By the 2011 count Herur is the 41st largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,896 residents. Its 133 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Herur

Herur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Herur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Herur from other places

Herur lies about 76 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Bhatkal, about 3.9 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 Herur
Nearest railway station	Bhatkal	3.9 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	76 km

Villages closest to Herur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Herur village had a population of 210. That makes it the 41st largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,896 residents.

Herur village has 104 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Herur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Herur is 581320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Herur covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Herur falls under Bhatkal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Herur is Bhatkal, about 3.9 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 10+ km distance for Herur.

Herur is about 76 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Herur is in Bhatkal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Bhatkal is about 3.9 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 76 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.