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Heggar Population - Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

Heggar is a medium size village located in Ankola Taluka of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka with total 150 families residing. The Heggar village has population of 641 of which 322 are males while 319 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Heggar village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 7.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Heggar village is 991 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Heggar as per census is 923, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Heggar village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Heggar village was 90.86 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Heggar Male literacy stands at 93.24 % while female literacy rate was 88.47 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Heggar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Heggar village.

Heggar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 150 - -
Population 641 322 319
Child (0-6) 50 26 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 91 42 49
Literacy 90.86 % 93.24 % 88.47 %
Total Workers 259 226 33
Main Worker 258 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 14.20 % of total population in Heggar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Heggar village of Uttara Kannada.

Work Profile

In Heggar village out of total population, 259 were engaged in work activities. 99.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 259 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.