# Peruvai Village, Bantval, Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Bantval, Dakshina Kannada 

# Peruvai

Peruvai is a village in Bantval sub-district of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **574260**. The 2011 Census counted **3,062 people in 613 households**, the 43rd largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.8%.

- 3,062people (2011)
- 613households
- 89.1%literacy
- 574260PIN code

## Peruvai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Peruvai is 574260.** Peruvai falls in Bantval sub-district, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code574260
- Gram panchayatPeruvai
- Community development blockBantval
- Census village code617589

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

## How far is Peruvai from nearby towns?

- Bantval (sub-district HQ)38 km by road
- Mangalore (district HQ)62 km by road
- Puttur (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 Peruvai?

22 services counted by the Census are inside Peruvai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 3
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 3
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Vitla
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vitla
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 18 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 Peruvai known for?

The main crops are **paddy and arecanut**. About 42% of the 977 hectares of village land is sown, and 216 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 Peruvai

Of every 100 households in Peruvai in 2011, 82 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Peruvai · ■ Bantval rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**9%

Tap water ****6%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**75%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**83%

Use banking services ****86%**

**79%

Television ****49%**

**58%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**6%

None of these assets ****8%**

**7%

Own their home ****96%**

**95%

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 Peruvai?

■ Peruvai · ■ Bantval rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.1%**

**85.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**1011

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**942

Working population ****49.2%**

**53.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 85.5% for women. 60% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (1%) · **■** Household industry 362 (24%) · **■** Other work 823 (55%) · **■** Marginal 227 (15%)

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 Bantval

- Kukkipady3,116 people
- Amtoor3,115 people
- Meremajalu3,106 people
- Panjikal3,092 people
- Peraje2,942 people
- Badagakajekar2,919 people
- Barimar2,919 people
- Kurnad2,718 people

[All 72 villages in Bantval](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/dakshina-kannada/bantval/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Peruvai?574260
- How far is Peruvai from Mangalore?62 km by road
- What is the population of Peruvai?3,062 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Peruvai in?Dakshina Kannada district (Bantval sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Peruvai?89.1% (Census 2011)