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About Halgeri Village

Halgeri is a mid sized village in Siddapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 742, made up of 356 males and 386 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581355, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halgeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halgeri village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Siddapur
Pincode 581355
Area (hectares) 423.79 hectares
Population 742
Male Population 356
Female Population 386
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,084
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Halgeri compares

By the 2011 count Halgeri is the 30th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 423.79 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1010.

Getting to Halgeri

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

Halgeri lies about 52 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 11 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 Halgeri
Tehsil headquarters Siddapur 6.4 km
Nearest railway station Talaguppa 11 km
Nearest town Sāgar 24 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 52 km

Villages closest to Halgeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halgeri village had a population of 742. That makes it the 30th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Halgeri village has 356 males and 386 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halgeri has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Halgeri is 581355. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halgeri covers 423.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Halgeri falls under Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Halgeri is Talaguppa, about 11 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 Halgeri.

Halgeri is about 52 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halgeri is in Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Siddapur is about 6.4 km away. Talaguppa is about 11 km away. Sāgar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Husur (under 2 km), Golgod (1.7 km) and Mattigar (2.0 km).

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

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