There are quite a number of towns and cities that have been built in each and every state of Indian subcontinent. Amongst them, the geographers have pointed out the name of Haliyal as a significant one. In fact in the Uttara Kannada district of the Indian state of Karnataka, Haliyal is a panchayat town.

Geographical location of the Haliyal town too is significant in order to know more about it. Haliyal is situated at 15.33° N 74.77° E. It has an average height of 559 meters or 1833 feet.

There are some of the demographers who too have thrown some light on the demography of the Haliyal town. The Census report of the India that has been brought out in the year 2001 is quite significant in this regard. According to this report, Haliyal has got a total population of 20,652.It comprises of male, females and also children. Out of the total population, males comprises of 51 percent while females comprises of 49 percent. All the children who are below the age of six years constitutes of thirteen percent of the total population in Haliyal. As far as the literacy rate of the Haliyal populace is concerned, Haliyal has an average literacy rate of 66%. It needs no mentioning that it is higher than the national average, which has been enumerated to be 59.5 percent. Out of it, male literacy rate is 72 percent, and female literacy rate is 60 percent. The chief crops of the district are rice and sugarcane, along with a huge variety of crops. Tree crops include coconut, arecanut, cocoa, cashew, mango, banana, pineapple, Garcinia, and sapota; vegetables include onion, radish, cucumber, cauliflower, sweet potato, brinjal, and amaranth; spices include pepper, cardamom, ginger and nutmeg. Millet and cotton are also produced; forestry and fisheries are also important to all the other people of Haliyal town.