# Gotur Village, Hukeri, Belgaum (Karnataka) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Hukeri, Belgaum 

# Gotur

Gotur is a village in Hukeri sub-district of Belgaum district, Karnataka, PIN code **591221**. The 2011 Census counted **4,172 people in 872 households**, the 22nd largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.8%.

- 4,172people (2011)
- 872households
- 69.0%literacy
- 591221PIN code

## Gotur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gotur is 591221.** Gotur falls in Hukeri sub-district, Belgaum district, Karnataka.

- PIN code591221
- Gram panchayatGotur
- Community development blockHukeri
- Census village code597575

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gotur from nearby towns?

- Hukkeri (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Belgaum (district HQ)45 km by road
- Sankeshwar (nearest town)3 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gotur?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Gotur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Hebbal
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Hebbal
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Sankeshwar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gotur known for?

The main crops are **groundnut and jowar**. About 89% of the 470 hectares of village land is sown, and 133 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gotur

Of every 100 households in Gotur in 2011, 74 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gotur · ■ Hukeri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**80%

Tap water ****89%**

**49%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**83%

Use banking services ****74%**

**71%

Television ****40%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**20%

Own their home ****92%**

**91%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gotur?

■ Gotur · ■ Hukeri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**69.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**991

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**931

Working population ****54.1%**

**48.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 60.0% for women. 63% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 804 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 518 (23%) · **■** Household industry 164 (7%) · **■** Other work 268 (12%) · **■** Marginal 503 (22%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Hukeri

- Nerli4,461 people
- Kochari4,450 people
- Gudas4,327 people
- Bellambi4,284 people
- Kotabagi4,076 people
- Sultanpur3,955 people
- Kamatanur3,942 people
- Bad3,914 people

[All 123 villages in Hukeri](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/belgaum/hukeri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gotur?591221
- How far is Gotur from Belgaum?45 km by road
- What is the population of Gotur?4,172 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gotur in?Belgaum district (Hukeri sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Gotur?69.0% (Census 2011)