# Virupapura Village, Alur, Hassan (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Alur, Hassan 

# Virupapura

Virupapura is a village in Alur sub-district of Hassan district, Karnataka, PIN code **573213**. The 2011 Census counted **113 people in 32 households**, the 186th largest of 251 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.0%.

- 113people (2011)
- 32households
- 71.8%literacy
- 573213PIN code

## Virupapura PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Virupapura is 573213.** Virupapura falls in Alur sub-district, Hassan district, Karnataka.

- PIN code573213
- Gram panchayatKanathur
- Community development blockAlur
- Census village code616328

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

## How far is Virupapura from nearby towns?

- Alur (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Hassan (district HQ)20 km by road
- Alur (nearest town)8 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 Virupapura?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Virupapura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Kanatooru
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Alur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Alur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Alur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)9 h summer · 10 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 Virupapura known for?

The main crops are **paddy and tobacco**. About 85% of the 72 hectares of village land is sown, and 10 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 Virupapura

Of every 100 households in Virupapura in 2011, 100 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 43 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Virupapura · ■ Alur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**51%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**89%

Use banking services ****71%**

**85%

Television ****76%**

**61%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****43%**

**17%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****0%**

**14%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Virupapura?

■ Virupapura · ■ Alur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**73.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****766**

**1021

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**1026

Working population ****58.4%**

**58.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 60.5% for women. 61% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 15 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (24%) · **■** Other work 13 (20%) · **■** Marginal 22 (33%)

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 Alur

- Boodanahalli123 people
- Halasooru116 people
- Lakkammanahalli115 people
- Danihalli113 people
- Sugganahalli112 people
- Jannapura111 people
- Samadale111 people
- Mallenahalli110 people

[All 259 villages in Alur](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/hassan/alur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Virupapura?573213
- How far is Virupapura from Hassan?20 km by road
- What is the population of Virupapura?113 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Virupapura in?Hassan district (Alur sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Virupapura?71.8% (Census 2011)