Karnataka
Karnataka's southernmost district sells across two state borders. A saree enquiry from Erode, a booking from Wayanad and a turmeric buyer's question from Mysuru can all land on the same shop number in a morning.
A Chamarajanagar business
For Chamarajanagar businesses that sell turmeric, silk sarees, stone work and stays near Bandipur: what has to be in place before the first WhatsApp template goes out, which templates to write in Kannada and Tamil, how a shop keeps its app number, and what each message costs in rupees.
See it work
A Kollegala silk saree shop moves its WhatsApp to the API. Tick off what it needs, in the order it usually happens; the required items are the ones Meta or the law will not let you skip.
Most of the list is paperwork that happens once. The two items a shop returns to are opt-ins and templates: every new buyer who wants offers has to agree to them, and every new kind of message needs an approved template before it can go to someone who has not written in the last 24 hours.
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From the district administration's pages and Invest India's ODOP list.
The district was inaugurated on 15 August 1997 at M.M. Hills, one of seven new districts formed in Karnataka that day, carved out of the old Mysore district.[3]
It lies at the southern tip of Karnataka and covers about 5,101 sq km of the Southern Dry Zone, with north–south ranges of the Eastern Ghats.[2]
It borders Dharmapuri, Salem, Erode and the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu and Wayanad in Kerala, with Mysuru, Mandya and Bengaluru on the Karnataka side.[2]
The district site lists 10,20,791 people in 509 villages and 130 gram panchayats, with a literacy rate of 61.43%.[4]
Industry centres on Kollegala, called the silk city for its handloom silk sarees; as sericulture declined, Mullur, Mudigunda, Mamballi and Hanur industrialised.[2],[3]
Invest India's One District One Product list names turmeric as the district's product, with stone work as its second.[6]
Bandipur, which the district lists as one of India's best-known tiger reserves, lies in Chamarajanagar; its forest office is 17 km from Gundlupet.[5],[3]
Four trades from the district's own pages, and the messages each sends.
Turmeric is the district's ODOP product, and growers ask traders about buying days, weighing and payment.[6]
Handloom silk sarees made Kollegala the silk city; wedding buyers ask for colours, borders and photos before they travel.[3]
Stone work is the district's second ODOP product; buyers outside the district want drawings and quotes before they commit.[6]
Bandipur, B R Hills and Male Mahadeshwara Hills draw visitors and pilgrims to the district's roads.[5],[1]
Meta approves each template once per language. Write the Kannada version first, then add the languages your buyers and guests use.
Replies inside the 24-hour window can be in any language your staff write, with no template needed. InfiQ's own support team works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Kannada | kn | The district's language; every local template |
| Tamil | ta | Buyers and guests from Erode, Salem, Dharmapuri and the Nilgiris |
| Malayalam | ml | Guests and traders from Wayanad |
| English (India) | en_IN | Safari guests, exporters and buyers in other states |
| Hindi | hi | Visitors from northern states |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
A plan from ₹999 a month, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.19 for a pickup or booking notice, ₹0.94 for a new-stock offer, ₹0.14 for a passcode and ₹0.145 for a reply.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Chamarajanagar · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. Messages to guests on Indian numbers are charged at the India rate wherever the guest lives, so a Wayanad or Erode buyer costs the same as one in town. Invoices carry your Karnataka GSTIN.
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Four parts of the platform that match the checklist above.
Keep using the WhatsApp Business app on the same number while the API runs alongside it, within Meta's coexistence limits.
A Kollegala saree shop whose number is printed on its bags keeps it, with the WhatsApp Business app still on the owner's phone.
Each contact's opt-in source and time are recorded, STOP replies are enforced at platform level (even against later imports), and the audit trail exports.
Each buyer's opt-in for new-stock offers is recorded with its source and time, and a STOP reply ends offers for good.
Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.
Start Kannada pickup, booking and dispatch templates from the library and track each one through Meta's approval.
One WhatsApp number answered by a team: 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, agent and manager roles, transfers, private notes, labels and canned replies.
A lodge's front desk, its driver coordinator and the owner answer one number during the safari season.
Nearby
City pages for neighbouring markets, nearest first.
Chamarajanagar trades with Mysuru and with towns across the Tamil Nadu and Kerala borders; each of those pages looks at its own city's trades. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Question: Our Kollegala silk shop wants to send photos of new handloom sarees to regular buyers. Is that a marketing message?
Answer: Yes. A message announcing new stock is a marketing template at ₹0.94 per delivered message, and it may go only to buyers who opted in to offers. If a buyer writes first to ask about a saree, your replies within 24 hours are free-form, photos included, at ₹0.145 each.
Question: Turmeric growers ask our trading firm in Chamarajanagar about buying days. Can the yard and the office answer from one number?
Answer: Yes. The shared team inbox gives 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, with transfers and private notes, so the person at the yard and the person in the office see the same grower's thread. A payment confirmation after weighment is a utility template at ₹0.19.
Question: Our lodge near Bandipur gets bookings from guests in Wayanad, Ooty and Bengaluru. Which languages can the confirmation go out in?
Answer: Meta accepts Kannada (kn), Malayalam (ml), Tamil (ta), English (en_IN) and Hindi (hi) templates, each approved separately. Keep one booking confirmation in each language your guests use and pick the version by the guest's preference. Every guest on an Indian number is billed at the India rate.
Question: Our taxi desk takes pilgrim groups to Male Mahadeshwara Hills. Can every passenger get the pickup time on WhatsApp?
Answer: Yes, if each passenger agreed to trip updates when booking. A pickup reminder is a utility template sent to each passenger, at ₹0.19 per delivered message. Passengers who reply with a question open a 24-hour window, and your desk answers inside it at ₹0.145 per reply.
Question: We do stone work near Chamarajanagar for buyers in Bengaluru and Mysuru. Can a drawing and quote go out as a PDF?
Answer: Yes. Inside the 24-hour window your staff can send the PDF as a normal reply. If the buyer has gone quiet, a utility template with a document header carries the quote, provided it relates to an enquiry the buyer made. Promotional catalogues sent cold count as marketing and need an opt-in.
Question: Our clinic in Gundlupet sends appointment SMS through DLT. Does a WhatsApp reminder need DLT registration as well?
Answer: No. TRAI's DLT and DND rules govern commercial SMS and calls on telecom networks, not WhatsApp. WhatsApp has its own rules instead: the patient's opt-in, Meta-approved templates and quality ratings. The India guide explains what the DPDP Act adds from May 2027.
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