About Heggula Village

Heggula is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 596, made up of 301 males and 295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571235, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Heggula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Heggula village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Somvarpet
Pincode	571235
Area (hectares)	342.5 hectares
Population	596
Male Population	301
Female Population	295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Heggula compares

By the 2011 count Heggula is the 84th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 342.5 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Heggula

Heggula is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Heggula 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Heggula from other places

Heggula lies about 33 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Kadagaravalli, about 29 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 Heggula
Tehsil headquarters	Somvarpet	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Kadagaravalli	29 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	31 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	33 km

Villages closest to Heggula

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Heggula village had a population of 596. That makes it the 84th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Heggula village has 301 males and 295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Heggula has about 980 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 1053.

The pincode recorded for Heggula is 571235. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Heggula covers 342.5 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.

Heggula falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Heggula is Kadagaravalli, about 29 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 village for Heggula.

Heggula is about 33 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Heggula is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about 8.4 km away. Kadagaravalli is about 29 km away. Madikeri is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.