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About Heggapur Village

Heggapur is a small village in Yellapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 30 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581359, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Heggapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Heggapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Yellapur
Pincode 581359
Area (hectares) 280.33 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 30
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Heggapur compares

By the 2011 count Heggapur is the 114th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 280.33 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Heggapur

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

Heggapur lies about 63 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Saunshi, about 37 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 Heggapur
Nearest town Shiggaon 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Yellapur 35 km
Nearest railway station Saunshi 37 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 63 km

Villages closest to Heggapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Heggapur village had a population of 56. That makes it the 114th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Heggapur village has 30 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Heggapur has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Heggapur is 581359. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Heggapur covers 280.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Heggapur falls under Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Heggapur is Saunshi, about 37 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 Heggapur.

Heggapur is about 63 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Heggapur is in Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Shiggaon is about 21 km away. Yellapur is about 35 km away. Saunshi is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Puratbomnalli (under 2 km), Beejanakoppa (2.4 km) and Malakoppa (2.4 km).

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

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