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About Heelagere Village

Heelagere is a small village in Arkalgud tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 110, made up of 54 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Heelagere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Heelagere village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Arkalgud
Pincode 573130
Area (hectares) 64 hectares
Population 110
Male Population 54
Female Population 56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,037
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Heelagere compares

By the 2011 count Heelagere is the 238th largest of the 259 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 680 residents. Its 64 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1014.

Getting to Heelagere

Heelagere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Heelagere as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Heelagere from other places

Heelagere lies about 10 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Shantigrama, about 1.6 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 Heelagere
Nearest railway station Shantigrama 1.6 km
District headquarters Hassan 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Arkalgud 28 km

Villages closest to Heelagere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Heelagere village had a population of 110. That makes it the 238th largest of the 259 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 680 residents.

Heelagere village has 54 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Heelagere has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Heelagere is 573130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Heelagere covers 64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Heelagere falls under Arkalgud tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Heelagere is Shantigrama, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Heelagere.

Heelagere is about 10 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Heelagere is in Arkalgud tehsil of Hassan district. Shantigrama is about 1.6 km away. Hassan is about 10 km away. Arkalgud 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 Nanjalapura (8.0 km), Naganahalli (8.9 km) and Pemmanahalli (11 km).

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

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