# Heggavadi Village, Gundlupet, Chamarajanagar (Karnataka)

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Village · Gundlupet, Chamarajanagar 

# Heggavadi

Heggavadi is a village in Gundlupet sub-district of Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, PIN code **571316**. The 2011 Census counted **546 people in 154 households**, the 100th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 546people (2011)
- 154households
- 42.1%literacy
- 571316PIN code

## Heggavadi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Heggavadi is 571316.** Heggavadi falls in Gundlupet sub-district, Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka.

- PIN code571316
- Gram panchayatBommanahalli
- Community development blockGundlupet
- Census village code619554

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Heggavadi from nearby towns?

- Gundlupet (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Chamarajanagar (district HQ)36 km by road
- Gundlupet (nearest town)28 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Heggavadi?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Heggavadi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bommalapura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gundlupet
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gundlupet
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Heggavadi known for?

The main crops are **jowar**. Products made here include jaggery. About 40% of the 2,050 hectares of village land is sown, and 399 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Heggavadi

Of every 100 households in Heggavadi in 2011, 50 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Heggavadi · ■ Gundlupet rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**87%

Tap water ****43%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**79%

Use banking services ****51%**

**41%

Television ****20%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**30%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Heggavadi?

■ Heggavadi · ■ Gundlupet rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.1%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1108**

**1008

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1367**

**973

Working population ****44.9%**

**50.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.0% for men and 36.6% for women. 68% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 172 (70%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 12 (5%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gundlupet

- Yelachatti622 people
- Paramapura602 people
- Basavapura594 people
- Hakkalapura564 people
- Kallipura500 people
- Hullepura461 people
- Kaniyanapura457 people
- Bendaravadi456 people

[All 158 villages in Gundlupet](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/chamarajanagar/gundlupet/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Heggavadi?571316
- How far is Heggavadi from Chamarajanagar?36 km by road
- What is the population of Heggavadi?546 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Heggavadi in?Chamarajanagar district (Gundlupet sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Heggavadi?42.1% (Census 2011)