About Heggar Village

Heggar is a small village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 191, made up of 90 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581423, 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	Honavar
Pincode	581423
Area (hectares)	33.33 hectares
Population	191
Male Population	90
Female Population	101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,122
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 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 83rd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 33.33 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

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 - 10 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 41 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 23 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
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	23 km
Nearest town	Sirsi	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Honavar	34 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	41 km

Villages closest to Heggar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Heggar village had a population of 191. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Heggar village has 90 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Heggar has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Heggar is 581423. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Heggar covers 33.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Heggar is Talaguppa, about 23 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Heggar.

Heggar is about 41 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 Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Talaguppa is about 23 km away. Sirsi is about 32 km away. Honavar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.