# Obalapura Village, Challakere, Chitradurga (Karnataka)

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Village · Challakere, Chitradurga 

# Obalapura

Obalapura is a village in Challakere sub-district of Chitradurga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577542**. The 2011 Census counted **668 people in 151 households**, the 142nd largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 668people (2011)
- 151households
- 87.0%literacy
- 577542PIN code

## Obalapura PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Obalapura is 577542.** Obalapura falls in Challakere sub-district, Chitradurga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577542
- Gram panchayatThimmannanayakanakote
- Community development blockChallakere
- Census village code605418

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

## How far is Obalapura from nearby towns?

- Challakere (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Chitradurga (district HQ)62 km by road
- Challakere (nearest town)32 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 Obalapura?

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

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Thimmannanayakanakote
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Challakere
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Parashurampura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Challakere
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand 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 Obalapura known for?

The main crops are **groundnut and ragi**. About 52% of the 694 hectares of village land is sown, and 101 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 Obalapura

Of every 100 households in Obalapura in 2011, 57 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Obalapura · ■ Challakere rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**84%

Tap water ****99%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****44%**

**49%

Television ****28%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****8%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**32%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Obalapura?

■ Obalapura · ■ Challakere rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.0%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**936

Working population ****63.2%**

**57.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 81.0% for women. 62% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Farm labourers 317 (75%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 16 (4%) · **■** Marginal 88 (21%)

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

- Katrikenahatti764 people
- Katavvanahalli741 people
- Buklorahalli720 people
- Dasaramuthenahalli713 people
- Challakere624 people
- Bheemagondanahalli621 people
- Visweswarapura599 people
- Doddabadihalli595 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Obalapura?577542
- How far is Obalapura from Chitradurga?62 km by road
- What is the population of Obalapura?668 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Obalapura in?Chitradurga district (Challakere sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Obalapura?87.0% (Census 2011)