# Panaje Village, Puttur, Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Puttur, Dakshina Kannada 

# Panaje

Panaje is a village in Puttur sub-district of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **574259**. The 2011 Census counted **3,946 people in 789 households**, the 24th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.4%.

- 3,946people (2011)
- 789households
- 83.8%literacy
- 574259PIN code

## Panaje PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Panaje is 574259.** Panaje falls in Puttur sub-district, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code574259
- Gram panchayatPanaje
- Community development blockPuttur
- Census village code617742

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

## How far is Panaje from nearby towns?

- Puttur (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Mangalore (district HQ)70 km by road
- Puttur (nearest town)20 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 Panaje?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●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
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●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
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bettampady
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Bettampady
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Narimagaru
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 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 Panaje known for?

The main crops are **arecanut and paddy**. Products made here include beedi and bakery items. About 28% of the 1,227 hectares of village land is sown, and 251 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 Panaje

Of every 100 households in Panaje in 2011, 76 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Panaje · ■ Puttur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**82%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**14%

Tap water ****15%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**87%

Use banking services ****97%**

**79%

Television ****44%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**8%

None of these assets ****9%**

**8%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Panaje?

■ Panaje · ■ Puttur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.8%**

**84.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**1012

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**952

Working population ****58.9%**

**53.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 77.5% for women. 68% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (0%) · **■** Household industry 376 (16%) · **■** Other work 1,472 (63%) · **■** Marginal 470 (20%)

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 Puttur

- Nekkiladi4,193 people
- Alankaru4,146 people
- Savanur4,031 people
- Balnadu4,026 people
- Paduvannur3,845 people
- Shanthigodu3,828 people
- Sarve3,640 people
- Kedambady3,604 people

[All 66 villages in Puttur](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/dakshina-kannada/puttur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Panaje?574259
- How far is Panaje from Mangalore?70 km by road
- What is the population of Panaje?3,946 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panaje in?Dakshina Kannada district (Puttur sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Panaje?83.8% (Census 2011)
