# Nalkeri Village, Virajpet, Kodagu (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Virajpet, Kodagu 

# Nalkeri

Nalkeri is a village in Virajpet sub-district of Kodagu district, Karnataka, PIN code **571217**. The 2011 Census counted **1,383 people in 391 households**, the 47th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 1,383people (2011)
- 391households
- 68.8%literacy
- 571217PIN code

## Nalkeri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Nalkeri is 571217.** Nalkeri falls in Virajpet sub-district, Kodagu district, Karnataka.

- PIN code571217
- Gram panchayatNalkeri
- Community development blockVirajpet
- Census village code618073

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

## How far is Nalkeri from nearby towns?

- Virajpet (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Madikeri (district HQ)65 km by road
- Virajpet (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 Nalkeri?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 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
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sirangala
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gonikoppal
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gonikoppal
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Nalkeri known for?

The main crops are **paddy and pepper**. About 93% of the 1,251 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Nalkeri

Of every 100 households in Nalkeri in 2011, 62 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 33 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 23 a car.

■ Nalkeri · ■ Virajpet rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**20%

Tap water ****13%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****33%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**74%

Use banking services ****53%**

**61%

Television ****40%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****23%**

**15%

None of these assets ****34%**

**15%

Own their home ****56%**

**60%

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 Nalkeri?

■ Nalkeri · ■ Virajpet rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**1025

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1281**

**996

Working population ****55.5%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 66.0% for women. 69% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 20 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 730 (95%) · **■** Marginal 17 (2%)

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 Virajpet

- Maithadi1,547 people
- Badagarakeri1,539 people
- Begur1,536 people
- Mugatageri1,423 people
- 1St Rudraguppe1,352 people
- Bilugunda1,351 people
- Kadanur1,295 people
- Kottoli1,273 people

[All 94 villages in Virajpet](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/kodagu/virajpet/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Nalkeri?571217
- How far is Nalkeri from Madikeri?65 km by road
- What is the population of Nalkeri?1,383 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nalkeri in?Kodagu district (Virajpet sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Nalkeri?68.8% (Census 2011)