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About Herangadi Village

Herangadi is a large village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,552, made up of 1,828 males and 1,724 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 676.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Herangadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Herangadi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Honavar
Pincode 581334
Area (hectares) 676.32 hectares
Population 3,552
Male Population 1,828
Female Population 1,724
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 943
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Herangadi compares

By the 2011 count Herangadi is the 9th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 676.32 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Herangadi

Herangadi 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 Herangadi 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Herangadi from other places

Herangadi lies about 47 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Manki, about 12 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 Herangadi
Nearest railway station Manki 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Honavar 16 km
Nearest town Kumta 28 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 47 km

Villages closest to Herangadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Herangadi village had a population of 3,552. That makes it the 9th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Herangadi village has 1,828 males and 1,724 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Herangadi has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Herangadi is 581334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Herangadi covers 676.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Herangadi falls under Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Herangadi is Manki, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Herangadi.

Herangadi is about 47 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Herangadi is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Manki is about 12 km away. Honavar is about 16 km away. Kumta is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Birangod (under 2 km), Upponi (1.8 km) and Adkar (2.6 km).

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

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