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About Heggar Village

Heggar is a mid sized village in Ankola tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 641, made up of 322 males and 319 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1653.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Heggar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Heggar village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Ankola
Pincode 581314
Area (hectares) 1653.41 hectares
Population 641
Male Population 322
Female Population 319
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 991
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Heggar compares

By the 2011 count Heggar is the 38th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 979 residents. Its 1653.41 hectares work out to about 0.4 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, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Heggar

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

How far is Heggar from other places

Heggar lies about 12 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Ankola, about 27 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 Heggar
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 12 km
Nearest railway station Ankola 27 km
Nearest town Yellāpur 28 km

Villages closest to Heggar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Heggar village had a population of 641. That makes it the 38th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 979 residents.

Heggar village has 322 males and 319 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Heggar has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Heggar is 581314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Heggar covers 1653.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Heggar falls under Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Heggar is Ankola, about 27 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Heggar.

Heggar is about 12 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Heggar is in Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Uttara Kannada is about 12 km away. Ankola is about 27 km away. Yellāpur 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 Heggar Makkigadde (under 2 km), Dongri (4.1 km) and Sunksal (4.6 km).

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

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