# Gosikere Kaval Village, Challakere, Chitradurga (Karnataka) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Challakere, Chitradurga 

# Gosikere Kaval

Gosikere Kaval is a village in Challakere sub-district of Chitradurga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577538**. The 2011 Census counted **147 people in 30 households**, the 170th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 147people (2011)
- 30households
- 72.0%literacy
- 577538PIN code

## Gosikere Kaval PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gosikere Kaval is 577538.** Gosikere Kaval falls in Challakere sub-district, Chitradurga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577538
- Gram panchayatThimmannanayakanakote
- Community development blockChallakere
- Census village code605405

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

## How far is Gosikere Kaval from nearby towns?

- Challakere (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Chitradurga (district HQ)58 km by road
- Challakere (nearest town)30 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 Gosikere Kaval?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Gosikere Kaval; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Chowluru
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Parasuramapura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Challakere
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Challakere
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 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 waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 9 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 Gosikere Kaval known for?

The main crops are **ragi and ground nut**. About 69% of the 955 hectares of village land is sown, and 49 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 Gosikere Kaval

Of every 100 households in Gosikere Kaval in 2011, 80 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gosikere Kaval · ■ Challakere rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**84%

Tap water ****13%**

**68%

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

**20%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****63%**

**49%

Television ****23%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**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 Gosikere Kaval?

■ Gosikere Kaval · ■ Challakere rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****670**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**936

Working population ****68.7%**

**57.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 53.7% for women. 62% of men and 78% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 37 (37%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 63 (62%)

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

- Badavanahalli Kaval211 people
- Kyathanamale179 people
- Parashuramapura Kaval164 people
- Chikkabadihalli160 people
- Jajuru Kaval140 people
- Bhairanayakanahatti139 people
- Banavigondanahalli128 people
- Belagere Kaval105 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gosikere Kaval?577538
- How far is Gosikere Kaval from Chitradurga?58 km by road
- What is the population of Gosikere Kaval?147 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosikere Kaval in?Chitradurga district (Challakere sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Gosikere Kaval?72.0% (Census 2011)