A business day in Emmiganur
Emmiganur has woven cotton on handlooms since long before its weavers' society was founded in 1938. Its cloth now sells through APCO, the marketplaces and GeM, but a boutique's first question still arrives as a message asking for photos.
Hanks of cotton yarn go into the boil before the looms start.
A Hyderabad linen shop asks the society for photos of checked double bedsheets.
On a Monday, the cloth goes up at the mini exhibition at the Kurnool Collectorate.
A wholesale buyer's lungis are packed and the dispatch note goes out with the invoice.
The office answers the day's last questions about towels and dhotis.
For Emmiganur's weavers' society, the handloom weavers of the Yemmiganur cluster and the sellers and exporters who carry their bedsheets, towels and lungis: how the official WhatsApp Business API handles a buyer's photo request and the dispatch note after it, which messages need a Telugu template, and what each costs in rupees.
See it work
A linen shop in Hyderabad writes to a weavers' society in Emmiganur. Play the conversation: the photos and prices are replies to a buyer who wrote first; the dispatch note three days later is a template the society starts.
Most of a society office's WhatsApp day is the first half of this chat: someone asks about a check, a colour or a size, and the office answers. Those answers are free-form because the buyer started the conversation; the 24-hour service window explains how long that lasts.
The dispatch note is the society's own message, so it must be an approved template, and it goes only to a buyer who asked for it. Note the date of her request with the order.
Today
Message 6 of 6
Weavers' society, EmmiganurTemplateDelivered (two grey ticks)
A utility template, approved once in Telugu and once in English, billed at the utility rate for a +91 number.
A pre-approved template with header, body, footer and buttons — the only way to message a customer outside the 24-hour window.
Message 6 of 6: Weavers' society, Emmiganur, Template, Delivered (two grey ticks). A utility template, approved once in Telugu and once in English, billed at the utility rate for a +91 number.
Four kinds of seller, from the Kurnool district's own page on Yemmiganur handloom.
The society founded in 1938 sells bedsheets, towels, lungis, dhotis and sarees, runs a testing lab in Emmiganur, and is enrolled on GeM and ONDC.[2]
Around 2,000 weavers work in the region, 250 of them in the Yemmiganur cluster funded under the National Handloom Development Programme.[2]
Yemmiganur cloth sells through APCO's site, Amazon, Flipkart and Gocoop. Marketplace orders stay on the marketplace; WhatsApp carries the boutiques and repeat buyers who deal directly.[2]
The district's handlooms department helps exporters through the Handloom Export Promotion Council in Chennai; a handloom mark and IHB certification are needed.[2]
From Kurnool district's website and its ODOP page on Yemmiganur handloom, Invest India's ODOP list, IBEF's Andhra Pradesh profile and, for the town's history, its Wikipedia entry.
After the drought of the 1930s, Machani Somappa founded the Yemmiganur Weavers' Co-operative Production and Sale Society in 1938; its name became a brand for durable handloom cloth.[2]
The district's ODOP page counts around 2,000 handloom weavers in the region, working cotton yarn in both warp and weft.[2]
Products include bedsheets, towels, lungis, handkerchiefs, mosquito nets, shirting, dhotis and sarees; yarn bought in hanks is boiled, dyed or bleached and wound before weaving.[2]
Sales run through APCO, Amazon, Flipkart, Gocoop, GeM and ONDC, a mini exhibition at the Kurnool Collectorate every Monday, and exhibitions on 15 August and 26 January.[2]
The district has signed agreements with NIFT Hyderabad (15 July 2023), IIHT Venkatagiri and NID Andhra Pradesh for design, skills and standards.[2]
Yemmiganuru bedsheets are on Invest India's ODOP list for Kurnool, beside Kodumuru Gadwal sarees and stone carved products.[3]
Kurnool district had 22,71,686 people at the 2011 Census, in 3 revenue divisions and 27 mandals; Kurnool was the capital of Andhra Pradesh from 1 October 1953 to 1 November 1956.[1]
Yemmiganur is in the Adoni revenue division; its panchayat became a municipality in 1965.[5]
IBEF counts textile and leather among Andhra Pradesh's key industries.[4]
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
Plans from ₹999 a month, plus each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.19 for an order or dispatch note, ₹0.94 for news of a new design, ₹0.14 for a login code and ₹0.145 for each reply to a buyer's photo request.
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 Emmiganur · 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. Boutiques in Hyderabad, Bengaluru or Chennai have +91 numbers and are billed at the India rate; an importer abroad at the rate for their country code, published in rupees. Invoices carry your Andhra Pradesh GSTIN.
Work out your own monthly cost by message type.
Calculate your exact costTelugu is the district's language, but Emmiganur's cloth sells across the Karnataka border and far beyond. Each template is approved once per language.
Write each template only in the languages your buyers read. Inside the 24-hour window, staff can reply in any language without one. InfiQ's own support team works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Telugu | te | Buyers and shops across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana |
| Kannada | kn | Shops across the border in Karnataka |
| Hindi | hi | Wholesale buyers in the north met at exhibitions |
| English (India) | en_IN | GeM buyers, boutiques elsewhere and importers abroad |
On InfiQ
The tools behind each part of the chat.
Keep using the WhatsApp Business app on the same number while the API runs alongside it, within Meta's coexistence limits.
A society or weaver already sending loom photos from the WhatsApp Business app keeps the app on the same number while the API runs beside it, within Meta's limits.
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 office, the godown and the accounts desk answer one number, with labels for boutiques, GeM buyers and exporters so no thread is dropped.
Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.
Draft Telugu and English order, dispatch and payment templates from the library and track each through Meta's approval.
InfiQ publishes its per-message rate for every Meta market in rupees, ex-GST, so the cost of messaging customers abroad is known before you send.
For an importer the exporters meet through HEPC, the per-message rate for their country code is published in rupees before anything is sent.
Nearby
The nearest city pages, nearest first.
Emmiganur's cloth travels through the towns of Kurnool district and across the border; each page looks at its own trades, and the India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
Start a 7-day Lite trial, no card needed, or talk to us about the Telugu and English order and dispatch templates a society or weaver needs first.
Route
Emmiganur
Official WhatsApp Business Platform
