# Basuru Village, Kadur, Chikmagalur (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Kadur, Chikmagalur 

# Basuru

Basuru is a village in Kadur sub-district of Chikmagalur district, Karnataka, PIN code **577116**. The 2011 Census counted **1,228 people in 279 households**, the 64th largest of 272 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 1,228people (2011)
- 279households
- 67.6%literacy
- 577116PIN code

## Basuru PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Basuru is 577116.** Basuru falls in Kadur sub-district, Chikmagalur district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577116
- Gram panchayatBasuru
- Community development blockKadur
- Census village code609426

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

## How far is Basuru from nearby towns?

- Kadur (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Chikmagalur (district HQ)58 km by road
- Kadur (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 Basuru?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Basuru; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●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
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kadur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kadur_X000D_
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kadur_X000D_
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)9 h summer · 10 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 Basuru known for?

The main crops are **coconuts and jowar**. About 85% of the 563 hectares of village land is sown, and 76 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 Basuru

Of every 100 households in Basuru in 2011, 96 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Basuru · ■ Kadur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**71%

Tap water ****90%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**32%

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

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**88%

Use banking services ****32%**

**57%

Television ****60%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Basuru?

■ Basuru · ■ Kadur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**959

Working population ****68.2%**

**58.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 58.8% for women. 66% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 200 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 408 (49%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 44 (5%) · **■** Marginal 181 (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 Kadur

- B.T.Mallenahalli1,277 people
- Kuppalu1,273 people
- Giriyapura1,265 people
- Uligere1,249 people
- K.Bidre1,224 people
- Keresanthe1,208 people
- Chikkabasur1,199 people
- Chikkaballekere1,189 people

[All 312 villages in Kadur](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/chikmagalur/kadur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Basuru?577116
- How far is Basuru from Chikmagalur?58 km by road
- What is the population of Basuru?1,228 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basuru in?Chikmagalur district (Kadur sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Basuru?67.6% (Census 2011)