# Gorta Village, Basavakalyan, Bidar (Karnataka) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Basavakalyan, Bidar 

# Gorta

Gorta is a village in Basavakalyan sub-district of Bidar district, Karnataka, PIN code **585327**. The 2011 Census counted **3,144 people in 605 households**, the 27th largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 3,144people (2011)
- 605households
- 72.8%literacy
- 585327PIN code

## Gorta PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gorta is 585327.** Gorta falls in Basavakalyan sub-district, Bidar district, Karnataka.

- PIN code585327
- Gram panchayatGorta
- Community development blockBasavakalyan
- Census village code599738

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

## How far is Gorta from nearby towns?

- Basavakalyan (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Bidar (district HQ)68 km by road
- Basavakalyan (nearest town)18 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 Gorta?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Gorta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●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
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Hulsoor
- ○Degree college10+ km · Basavakalyan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Basavakalyan
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 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 Gorta known for?

The main crops are **sugar cane, jowar and tur dal**. Products made here include jaggery. About 87% of the 1,827 hectares of village land is sown, and 50 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 Gorta

Of every 100 households in Gorta in 2011, 89 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gorta · ■ Basavakalyan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**82%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**91%

Tap water ****52%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****78%**

**46%

Television ****36%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**9%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****24%**

**28%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 Gorta?

■ Gorta · ■ Basavakalyan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****761**

**953

Working population ****31.9%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 61.5% for women. 52% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 359 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (10%) · **■** Household industry 22 (2%) · **■** Other work 222 (22%) · **■** Marginal 305 (30%)

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 Basavakalyan

- Kinni3,441 people
- Kherda3,204 people
- Ladwanti3,169 people
- Jajanmugli3,153 people
- Gadigondgaon3,112 people
- Batgera2,998 people
- Gundur2,964 people
- Betbalkunda2,937 people

[All 115 villages in Basavakalyan](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/bidar/basavakalyan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gorta?585327
- How far is Gorta from Bidar?68 km by road
- What is the population of Gorta?3,144 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorta in?Bidar district (Basavakalyan sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Gorta?72.8% (Census 2011)