# Giriyapura Village, Hosdurga, Chitradurga (Karnataka)

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Village · Hosdurga, Chitradurga 

# Giriyapura

Giriyapura is a village in Hosdurga sub-district of Chitradurga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577533**. The 2011 Census counted **579 people in 122 households**, the 128th largest of 201 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 579people (2011)
- 122households
- 48.6%literacy
- 577533PIN code

## Giriyapura PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Giriyapura is 577533.** Giriyapura falls in Hosdurga sub-district, Chitradurga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577533
- Gram panchayatGuddadaneralakere
- Community development blockHosdurga
- Census village code606024

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

## How far is Giriyapura from nearby towns?

- Hosdurga (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Chitradurga (district HQ)90 km by road
- Hosdurga (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 Giriyapura?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Giriyapura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kittadal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hosdurga
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hosdurga
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 15 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 Giriyapura known for?

The main crops are **ragi and millet**. About 79% of the 190 hectares of village land is sown, and 15 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 Giriyapura

Of every 100 households in Giriyapura in 2011, 62 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Giriyapura · ■ Hosdurga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**82%

Tap water ****35%**

**58%

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

**15%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****14%**

**51%

Television ****12%**

**44%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****75%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**93%

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 Giriyapura?

■ Giriyapura · ■ Hosdurga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.6%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****646**

**959

Working population ****63.0%**

**56.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.2% for men and 41.3% for women. 60% of men and 67% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 106 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (13%) · **■** Other work 33 (9%) · **■** Marginal 180 (49%)

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 Hosdurga

- Machenahalli626 people
- Yadagatta618 people
- Kabbala614 people
- Iyalapura613 people
- Kerehosahalli567 people
- Mantenahalli548 people
- Goolihalli539 people
- Kanivesangenahalli531 people

[All 225 villages in Hosdurga](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/chitradurga/hosdurga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Giriyapura?577533
- How far is Giriyapura from Chitradurga?90 km by road
- What is the population of Giriyapura?579 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Giriyapura in?Chitradurga district (Hosdurga sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Giriyapura?48.6% (Census 2011)