About Heggar Village

Heggar is a small village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 65 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581403, 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	Sirsi
Pincode	581403
Area (hectares)	301.07 hectares
Population	132
Male Population	65
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Heggar compares

By the 2011 count Heggar is the 194th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 301.07 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

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 village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 21 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 36 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
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	10 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	21 km
Nearest railway station	Mirjan	36 km

Villages closest to Heggar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sirsi 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 132. That makes it the 194th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Heggar village has 65 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Heggar has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Heggar is 581403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Heggar covers 301.07 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 Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Heggar is Mirjan, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance for Heggar.

Heggar is about 21 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 Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 10 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 21 km away. Mirjan is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.