Karnataka · 13.3° N, 77.5° E
Doddaballapura weaves silk sarees on power looms, north of Bengaluru. When a buyer writes, a 24-hour window opens in which the unit can answer freely; this page is about using it well.
For Doddaballapura's silk saree units on power looms, the garment factories of its apparel park, firms in the district's aerospace and defence trade, and the stays and cabs serving Ghati Subramanya: how long you can keep replying to a buyer, when a template takes over, Kannada templates and what each message costs.
Market brief
From the Bengaluru Rural district administration's pages, Invest India's ODOP list, Meta's pricing documentation and, for the town's general history, Wikipedia.
Bengaluru Rural district was formed in 1986, lost four taluks to Ramanagara in 2007, and now has four: Doddaballapur, Devanahalli, Hosakote and Nelamangala. It lists Kannada as its language.[1],[2]
The district describes itself as mainly agricultural, with a climate suited to horticulture and sericulture, several wineries, and an economy shaped by its nearness to Bengaluru, where many residents work.[1]
Doddaballapura is known for weaving silk sarees, with power looms the main weaving business in the town; its industrial area includes an apparel park of garment factories.[6]
Invest India's ODOP list names aerospace and defence for Bengaluru Rural, with ready-made garment manufacturing as its second entry.[5]
The Ghati Subramanya temple stands in Melinajuganahalli village in Doddaballapura taluk, and the district takes bookings for treks up Makalidurga hill.[4],[3]
Doddaballapur station (DBU) is on the Bengaluru–Guntakal line, where several northbound trains from Bengaluru stop.[6]
Meta lets a business send free-form messages only while a 24-hour customer service window is open, a window that starts when the customer writes or calls; after it, only templates can be sent.[7]
See it work
A saree shop in Bengaluru asks a Doddaballapura power-loom unit for this week's silk designs at ten in the morning. Drag along the day to see which messages are still replies and when a template takes over.
Every message inside the window is a reply at ₹0.145, with photos and price lists attached as you like. The habit worth building is to finish the day's business inside it: a packing update at nine the next morning is still a reply.
After ten, the next update, say the dispatch note with the transporter's details, needs an approved utility template at ₹0.19, unless the shop has written again.
Time since it opened
28h 48m
28h 48m in: window closed. Approved template only: kn or en_IN.
Four kinds of business that follow from the town's looms, its industrial area and its taluk.
Weaving silk sarees on power looms is the town's best-known trade; shops want photos of the week's designs before they order a lot.[6]
The industrial area's apparel park houses garment factories, and ready-made garments are the district's second ODOP entry.[6],[5]
Aerospace and defence is Bengaluru Rural's ODOP entry; a supplier exchanges quotes and dispatch notes with buyers.[5]
The temple stands in the taluk and the district books treks up Makalidurga hill, so visitors arrange rooms and cars ahead.[4],[3]
The district lists Kannada, and Kannada is a Meta template language. Meta approves each version separately, so a unit that sells to shops and to garment brands keeps more than one.
Inside the 24-hour window, replies can be in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil or any language your staff and buyers share; only templates need an approved language. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Kannada | kn | Most shops, staff and customers in and around the town |
| English (India) | en_IN | Garment brands, company buyers and invoices |
| Hindi | hi | Buyers who prefer to read Hindi |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
A plan from ₹999 a month, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for each reply inside the window, ₹0.19 for a dispatch note after it, ₹0.94 for a new-design offer and ₹0.14 for a passcode.
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Per message to Doddaballapura · 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. A shop in Bengaluru and a buyer in another state cost the same, because Meta charges by the recipient's country code. Answering inside the window never needs a template. Invoices carry your Karnataka GSTIN.
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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.
The loom floor, the packing desk and the owner answer one number, so a shop's question gets its reply while the window is still open.
Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.
Keep a Kannada and an English dispatch template ready for the updates that fall after the window closes, and track each through Meta's approval.
Send approved template campaigns to up to 2,00,000 contacts per broadcast, with segments, scheduling and delivery analytics.
Send the week's new designs to the shops that opted in, by segment, as one scheduled campaign.
TLS 1.2+ in transit and AES-256 at rest, role-based access, two-factor sign-in, scoped API keys with IP allow-lists, and hash-chained audit logs.
Suppliers that handle buyers' documents get TLS in transit, AES-256 at rest, role-based access and two-factor sign-in.
Nearby
The nearest markets with their own pages, Bengaluru among them, nearest first.
This page stays with Doddaballapura's looms, factories and taluk; Bengaluru has its own page. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
For 24 hours from the shop's last message. Photos, prices and updates inside that time are replies at ₹0.145 each. Once the window closes, the next message you send first, such as a dispatch note, needs an approved utility template at ₹0.19.
Yes. Kannada (kn) is a Meta template language, so write the dispatch template in Kannada and keep an English (en_IN) version for company buyers; Meta approves each separately. Replies inside the 24-hour window need no template in any language.
Yes. The answer to the brand's question is a reply at ₹0.145 inside the 24-hour window. An update you send days later about that same order, such as the shipment leaving the gate, is a utility template at ₹0.19, with the order number and the transporter as variables.
No. They wrote first, so the pin, the timings and the room rates go back as replies at ₹0.145 inside the 24-hour window. A booking confirmation sent later, after the window has closed, is a utility template at ₹0.19.
Yes. If the trekker has not written in the last 24 hours, send the driver's name, car number and pickup point as a utility template at ₹0.19. If they wrote the evening before, a plain reply at ₹0.145 carries the same details.
Yes. A quote sent while the buyer is chatting is a reply at ₹0.145, and a dispatch note sent later is a utility template at ₹0.19. Share drawings only as your buyer's terms allow; InfiQ encrypts data in transit and at rest and offers role-based access.
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