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About Heravali Village

Heravali is a mid sized village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 620, made up of 305 males and 315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 551.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581361, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Heravali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Heravali village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Honavar
Pincode 581361
Area (hectares) 551.87 hectares
Population 620
Male Population 305
Female Population 315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Heravali compares

By the 2011 count Heravali is the 53rd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 551.87 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Heravali

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

Heravali lies about 41 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Honnavar, 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 Heravali
Tehsil headquarters Honavar 11 km
Nearest railway station Honnavar 12 km
Nearest town Kumta 20 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 41 km

Villages closest to Heravali

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 Heravali

As per the Census of India 2011, Heravali village had a population of 620. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Heravali village has 305 males and 315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Heravali has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Heravali is 581361. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Heravali covers 551.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Heravali is Honnavar, about 12 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 Heravali.

Heravali is about 41 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Heravali is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Honavar is about 11 km away. Honnavar is about 12 km away. Kumta is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gundabala (1.5 km), Mutta (1.6 km) and Nagarabastikeri (1.8 km).

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

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