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By population, Herkal ranks #15 of 71 villages in Bilgi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Herkal is a village of 3,521 people in 622 households (Census 2011) in Bilgi taluk, Bagalkote district, Karnataka, the 15th-largest of 71 villages in Bilgi taluk. Literacy is 53%, about the same as the taluk average, and the sex ratio is 1,017 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 587102, served by Gaddankeri Cross post office; the LGD village code is 598532. The village votes in Bagalkot assembly constituency, represented by MLA Meti Hullappa Yamanappa.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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