Karnataka · Updated 2026-10-20
A gold town that answers in Tamil, Kannada and English needs every template in all three.
The gold mines that built the Kolar Gold Fields closed in 2001, and Robertsonpet, the town at their centre, kept its schools, shops and three languages. A business here writes to customers in Tamil, Kannada and English.
For Robertsonpet's schools and tuition centres, shops, clinics, milk and silk traders and the Kolar district suppliers based in KGF: how a Tamil enquiry becomes an admission on WhatsApp, when a Kannada, Tamil or English template is needed, and what each message costs in rupees.
See it work
A parent in Andersonpet writes to a school in Robertsonpet about a place in class 6. Play the conversation bubble by bubble.
The parent chose Tamil, so the office answered in Tamil: inside the window, any language your staff write is a free-form reply. The visit buttons and the confirmation are replies too.
The fee reminder goes weeks later, outside the window, so it needs a template. In a town where families choose between three languages, approve it in Tamil, Kannada and English and send each parent the version they used. The 24-hour service window explains the rule in full.
Today
Message 7 of 7
School office, RobertsonpetTemplateDelivered (two grey ticks)
A utility template, approved in Tamil, Kannada and English versions.
A pre-approved template with header, body, footer and buttons — the only way to message a customer outside the 24-hour window.
Message 7 of 7: School office, Robertsonpet, Template, Delivered (two grey ticks). A utility template, approved in Tamil, Kannada and English versions.
From the Kolar district administration's pages, BEML, Invest India's ODOP list and, for the town's general history, Wikipedia.
John Taylor III acquired a number of mines in the Kolar Gold Fields in 1880, and John Taylor & Sons ran them until they were nationalised in 1956.[5]
The mines were electrified in 1902 with power from the hydroelectric plant at Shivanasamudra Falls, and the Government of India closed them on 28 February 2001.[5]
KGF is headquartered at Robertsonpet, governed by the Robertsonpet City Municipal Council; Robertsonpet and Andersonpet are named after two British mine officials.[5]
BEML, a mining and construction equipment maker founded in 1964, expanded the town and brought new residents; BEML and BGML employees and their families live in Robertsonpet.[4],[5]
Kannada is the official language and Tamil is widely spoken; many Tamil families trace their roots to labourers brought from the Madras Presidency, and the town has an Anglo-Indian community.[5]
Kolar district covers 4,012 sq km in 6 taluks, with 3,321 villages and 6 municipalities; it calls itself the land of silk, milk and gold, with dairy, sericulture and floriculture its main farm work.[1],[2]
Invest India's One District One Product list names automobiles and Shivarapatna stone craft as Kolar's products; the district dates its Kolaramma temple to the second century.[6],[3]
Four kinds of business in the town and around it, and the messages that fit each.
Families in Robertsonpet, Andersonpet and Oorgaum choose between Tamil, Kannada and English, and expect the school to write in the one they use.[5]
Robertsonpet is home to BGML and BEML families, and its shops serve the townships around it, from Andersonpet to Oorgaum.[5]
Dairy, sericulture and floriculture are Kolar district's main farm work, with weekly payments and collection times to share.[2]
Automobiles are on Kolar's ODOP list, and BEML's mining and construction equipment shaped KGF's working life.[6],[4]
Language
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Template language
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Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
A plan from ₹999 a month, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for a reply to a parent or customer, ₹0.19 for a fee or delivery reminder, ₹0.94 for an offer and ₹0.14 for a passcode.
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Per message to Robertsonpet · 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. Sending the same reminder in three languages costs nothing extra: each parent receives one delivered message. Invoices carry your Karnataka GSTIN.
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