# Shishila Village, Beltangadi, Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Beltangadi, Dakshina Kannada 

# Shishila

Shishila is a village in Beltangadi sub-district of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **574198**. The 2011 Census counted **2,090 people in 471 households**, the 58th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 2,090people (2011)
- 471households
- 83.1%literacy
- 574198PIN code

## Shishila PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shishila is 574198.** Shishila falls in Beltangadi sub-district, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code574198
- Gram panchayatShishila
- Community development blockBeltangadi
- Census village code617677

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

## How far is Shishila from nearby towns?

- Beltangady (sub-district HQ)45 km by road
- Mangalore (district HQ)100 km by road
- Beltangady (nearest town)45 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 Shishila?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Shishila; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ujire
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ujire
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ujire
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 24 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 Shishila known for?

The main crops are **rubber and arecanut**. Products made here include rubber sheet. About 6% of the 4,942 hectares of village land is sown, and 169 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 Shishila

Of every 100 households in Shishila in 2011, 54 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Shishila · ■ Beltangadi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**9%

Tap water ****9%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**73%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**15%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**83%

Use banking services ****98%**

**90%

Television ****31%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**7%

None of these assets ****10%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Shishila?

■ Shishila · ■ Beltangadi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.1%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**1020

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****817**

**962

Working population ****46.7%**

**52.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 75.8% for women. 64% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 920 (94%) · **■** Marginal 13 (1%)

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 Beltangadi

- Kukkedi2,195 people
- Andinje2,175 people
- Mogru2,152 people
- Nittade2,116 people
- Rekhya2,079 people
- Karambaru1,940 people
- Bajire1,932 people
- Melanthabettu1,930 people

[All 79 villages in Beltangadi](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/dakshina-kannada/beltangadi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shishila?574198
- How far is Shishila from Mangalore?100 km by road
- What is the population of Shishila?2,090 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shishila in?Dakshina Kannada district (Beltangadi sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Shishila?83.1% (Census 2011)
