# Kurudi Village, Gauribidanur, Chikkaballapura (Karnataka)

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Village · Gauribidanur, Chikkaballapura 

# Kurudi

Kurudi is a village in Gauribidanur sub-district of Chikkaballapura district, Karnataka, PIN code **561210**. The 2011 Census counted **2,870 people in 700 households**, the 15th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.3%.

- 2,870people (2011)
- 700households
- 70.7%literacy
- 561210PIN code

## Kurudi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kurudi is 561210.** Kurudi falls in Gauribidanur sub-district, Chikkaballapura district, Karnataka.

- PIN code561210
- Gram panchayatKurudi
- Community development blockGauribidanur
- Census village code623199

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

## How far is Kurudi from nearby towns?

- Gauribidanur (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Chikkaballapur (district HQ)50 km by road
- Gauribidanur (nearest town)17 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 Kurudi?

26 services counted by the Census are inside Kurudi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private 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
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Hossur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gauribidanur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gauribidanur
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 15 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 Kurudi known for?

The main crops are **ragi**. About 63% of the 1,347 hectares of village land is sown, and 86 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 Kurudi

Of every 100 households in Kurudi in 2011, 86 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kurudi · ■ Gauribidanur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**77%

Tap water ****30%**

**71%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**87%

Use banking services ****37%**

**52%

Television ****42%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**29%

Own their home ****91%**

**92%

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 Kurudi?

■ Kurudi · ■ Gauribidanur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**67.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**955

Working population ****65.9%**

**55.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 61.3% for women. 68% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,274 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (8%) · **■** Household industry 24 (1%) · **■** Other work 104 (5%) · **■** Marginal 346 (18%)

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 Gauribidanur

- Gangasandra3,272 people
- Alakapura3,208 people
- H.Nagasandra3,189 people
- Hampasandra3,005 people
- Myalya2,810 people
- Doddakurugodu2,625 people
- Varavani2,624 people
- Chikkakurugodu2,615 people

[All 238 villages in Gauribidanur](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/chikkaballapura/gauribidanur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kurudi?561210
- How far is Kurudi from Chikkaballapur?50 km by road
- What is the population of Kurudi?2,870 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurudi in?Chikkaballapura district (Gauribidanur sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kurudi?70.7% (Census 2011)
