# Parasuramapura Village, Challakere, Chitradurga (Karnataka) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/chitradurga/challakere/parasuramapura/ Village · Challakere, Chitradurga # Parasuramapura Parasuramapura is a village in Challakere sub-district of Chitradurga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577538**. The 2011 Census counted **10,056 people in 2,090 households**, the 2nd largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%. - 10,056people (2011) - 2,090households - 74.4%literacy - 577538PIN code ## Parasuramapura PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Parasuramapura is 577538.** Parasuramapura falls in Challakere sub-district, Chitradurga district, Karnataka. - PIN code577538 - Gram panchayatParasuramapura - Community development blockChallakere - Census village code605396 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Parasuramapura from nearby towns? - Challakere (sub-district HQ)28 km by road - Chitradurga (district HQ)60 km by road - Challakere (nearest town)28 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 Parasuramapura? 31 services counted by the Census are inside Parasuramapura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 2 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 5 govt · 3 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private - ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 govt - ●ITI / vocational schoolIn village · 2 private - ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 3 doctors - ●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 - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 - ●Post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Commercial bankIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Public libraryIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Parasuramapura known for? The main crops are **groundnut and paddy**. Products made here include bed sheet making and sericulture. About 69% of the 1,905 hectares of village land is sown, and 439 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 Parasuramapura Of every 100 households in Parasuramapura in 2011, 85 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Parasuramapura · ■ Challakere rural average Electricity for lighting ****85%** **78% Toilet within the home ****46%** **14% No toilet (open defecation) ****52%** **84% Tap water ****86%** **68% Drinking water within premises ****44%** **20% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%** **5% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%** **94% Use banking services ****46%** **49% Television ****56%** **32% Mobile phone ****60%** **46% Computer with internet ****3%** **1% Two-wheeler ****14%** **10% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****14%** **32% Own their home ****74%** **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 Parasuramapura? ■ Parasuramapura · ■ Challakere rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%** **66.9% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000** **962 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****892** **936 Working population ****45.5%** **57.0% ### Women and men Literacy is 82.0% for men and 66.9% for women. 57% of men and 34% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 750 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 877 (19%) · **■** Household industry 43 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,768 (39%) · **■** Marginal 1,142 (25%) 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 - Naikanahatti15,545 people - Hirehalli7,732 people - Nannivala7,291 people - Ghataparthi6,120 people - Mannekote5,392 people [All 195 villages in Challakere](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/chitradurga/challakere/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Parasuramapura?577538 - How far is Parasuramapura from Chitradurga?60 km by road - What is the population of Parasuramapura?10,056 (Census 2011) - Which district is Parasuramapura in?Chitradurga district (Challakere sub-district), Karnataka - What is the literacy rate of Parasuramapura?74.4% (Census 2011)