# Giddapura Village, Challakere, Chitradurga (Karnataka)

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Village · Challakere, Chitradurga 

# Giddapura

Giddapura is a village in Challakere sub-district of Chitradurga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577536**. The 2011 Census counted **491 people in 75 households**, the 154th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 491people (2011)
- 75households
- 66.8%literacy
- 577536PIN code

## Giddapura PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Giddapura is 577536.** Giddapura falls in Challakere sub-district, Chitradurga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577536
- Gram panchayatThimmappaiahnahalli
- Community development blockChallakere
- Census village code605252

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

## How far is Giddapura from nearby towns?

- Challakere (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Chitradurga (district HQ)55 km by road
- Challakere (nearest town)25 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 Giddapura?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Giddapura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Naikanahatti
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Nayakanahatti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Challakere
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 3 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 Giddapura known for?

The main crops are **groundnut and tur dal**. About 63% of the 248 hectares of village land is sown, and 17 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 Giddapura

Of every 100 households in Giddapura in 2011, 47 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Giddapura · ■ Challakere rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**84%

Tap water ****80%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****95%**

**49%

Television ****20%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Giddapura?

■ Giddapura · ■ Challakere rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**936

Working population ****62.1%**

**57.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 57.2% for women. 62% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (52%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 65 (21%) · **■** Marginal 9 (3%)

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 Challakere

- Kasturi Thimmanahalli575 people
- Konigarahalli542 people
- Sarjavvanahalli535 people
- Thippaiahnakote519 people
- Ramasagara452 people
- Koradihalli402 people
- Thimmannanahalli389 people
- Bheemanakere382 people

[All 195 villages in Challakere](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/chitradurga/challakere/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Giddapura?577536
- How far is Giddapura from Chitradurga?55 km by road
- What is the population of Giddapura?491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Giddapura in?Chitradurga district (Challakere sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Giddapura?66.8% (Census 2011)