About Hirebail Village

Hirebail is a mid sized village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,062, made up of 551 males and 511 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2170.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581361, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hirebail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hirebail village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Honavar
Pincode	581361
Area (hectares)	2170.33 hectares
Population	1,062
Male Population	551
Female Population	511
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hirebail compares

By the 2011 count Hirebail is the 41st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 2170.33 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Hirebail

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

Hirebail lies about 36 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Honnavar, about 18 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 Hirebail
Tehsil headquarters	Honavar	18 km
Nearest railway station	Honnavar	18 km
Nearest town	Kumta	22 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	36 km

Villages closest to Hirebail

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.

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Common questions about Hirebail

As per the Census of India 2011, Hirebail village had a population of 1,062. That makes it the 41st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Hirebail village has 551 males and 511 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hirebail has about 927 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 Hirebail is 581361. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hirebail covers 2170.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Hirebail is Honnavar, about 18 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 Hirebail.

Hirebail is about 36 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hirebail is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Honavar is about 18 km away. Honnavar is about 18 km away. Kumta is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.