About Heggodu Village

Heggodu is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 421, made up of 220 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577417, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Heggodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Heggodu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577417
Area (hectares)	210.04 hectares
Population	421
Male Population	220
Female Population	201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Heggodu compares

By the 2011 count Heggodu is the 116th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 210.04 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Heggodu

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

Heggodu lies about 57 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 7.9 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 Heggodu
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	8.8 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	8.8 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	57 km

Villages closest to Heggodu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Heggodu village had a population of 421. That makes it the 116th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Heggodu village has 220 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Heggodu has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Heggodu is 577417. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Heggodu covers 210.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Heggodu falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Heggodu is Balegundi, about 7.9 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 Heggodu.

Heggodu is about 57 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Heggodu is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Balegundi is about 7.9 km away. Sagar is about 8.8 km away. Sāgar is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.