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About Heggatta Village

Heggatta is a mid sized village in Arsikere tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,134, made up of 575 males and 559 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Heggatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Heggatta village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Arsikere
Pincode 573119
Area (hectares) 378.52 hectares
Population 1,134
Male Population 575
Female Population 559
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 972
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Heggatta compares

By the 2011 count Heggatta is the 50th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 378.52 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Heggatta

Heggatta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Heggatta as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Heggatta from other places

Heggatta lies about 31 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Mududi, about 6.5 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 Heggatta
Nearest railway station Mududi 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Arsikere 17 km
District headquarters Hassan 31 km

Villages closest to Heggatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Heggatta village had a population of 1,134. That makes it the 50th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Heggatta village has 575 males and 559 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Heggatta has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Heggatta is 573119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Heggatta covers 378.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Heggatta falls under Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Heggatta is Mududi, about 6.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Heggatta.

Heggatta is about 31 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Heggatta is in Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district. Mududi is about 6.5 km away. Arsikere is about 17 km away. Hassan is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chikkagandsi (under 2 km), Ugranahalli (2.2 km) and Dasenahalli (2.7 km).

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

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