Hethur is a
hobli
A hobli, nad or mágani is a cluster of adjoining villages administered together for tax and land tenure purposes in the states of Karnataka India. This clustering of villages was formed mainly to streamline the collection of taxes and maintenan ...
in the
Sakleshpura
Sakleshpur, also known as Sakleshpura or Sakaleshapura, is a hill station town and headquarters of Sakleshpur taluk and one of the two Sub-divisional headquarters in Hassan district in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Geography
Sakleshpur is loc ...
taluk in the
Hassan district
Hassan is one of the districts of Karnataka, 31 districts of Karnataka, India. The district headquarter is Hassan, Karnataka, Hassan. It was part of ''Manjarabad Faujdari'' between 1832-81 (Mysore Commission, Commissioner's Rule of Mysore). In ...
of
Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
,
India
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. As per a census survey of India conducted in 2011, the location code number of Hethur village is 615012.
It lies on
State Highway 107, 25 km south of its taluk headquarter, Sakleshpura. Hethur is 58 km from
Hassan and 235 km from the state capital
Bengaluru
Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...
.
The nearest railway stations are Sakleshpura and
Hassan Junction. The nearest airport is
Mangaluru International Airport.
Nearby places of attraction
# Patla betta
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Kumara Parvatha
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Mallalli waterfalls
Rainfall
In 2022, Hettur hobli received an annual rainfall of , the highest in
Hassan district
Hassan is one of the districts of Karnataka, 31 districts of Karnataka, India. The district headquarter is Hassan, Karnataka, Hassan. It was part of ''Manjarabad Faujdari'' between 1832-81 (Mysore Commission, Commissioner's Rule of Mysore). In ...
.
References
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Villages in Hassan district