# Shankighatta Village, Magadi, Ramanagara (Karnataka)

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Village · Magadi, Ramanagara 

# Shankighatta

Shankighatta is a village in Magadi sub-district of Ramanagara district, Karnataka, PIN code **562131**. The 2011 Census counted **732 people in 204 households**, the 83rd largest of 272 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.5%.

- 732people (2011)
- 204households
- 70.3%literacy
- 562131PIN code

## Shankighatta PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shankighatta is 562131.** Shankighatta falls in Magadi sub-district, Ramanagara district, Karnataka.

- PIN code562131
- Gram panchayatShankighatta
- Community development blockMagadi
- Census village code625779

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

## How far is Shankighatta from nearby towns?

- Magadi (sub-district HQ)36 km by road
- Ramanagara (district HQ)63 km by road
- Kunigal (nearest town)10 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 Shankighatta?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary 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
- ●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
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Thippasandra
- ○Degree college5–10 km · =R28488
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · =R28488
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 14 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 Shankighatta known for?

The main crops are **arecanut and ragi**. About 64% of the 445 hectares of village land is sown, and 125 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 Shankighatta

Of every 100 households in Shankighatta in 2011, 95 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shankighatta · ■ Magadi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**74%

Tap water ****84%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**9%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****37%**

**37%

Television ****40%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**24%

Own their home ****94%**

**92%

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 Shankighatta?

■ Shankighatta · ■ Magadi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**68.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**972

Working population ****36.3%**

**54.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 59.7% for women. 58% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (54%) · **■** Household industry 13 (5%) · **■** Other work 56 (21%) · **■** Marginal 13 (5%)

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 Magadi

- Chikkasoluru764 people
- Neralavadi746 people
- Belagavadi742 people
- Mayasandra737 people
- Honnapura718 people
- Alalakuppe716 people
- Bittasandra715 people
- Pemmanahalli709 people

[All 285 villages in Magadi](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/ramanagara/magadi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shankighatta?562131
- How far is Shankighatta from Ramanagara?63 km by road
- What is the population of Shankighatta?732 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankighatta in?Ramanagara district (Magadi sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Shankighatta?70.3% (Census 2011)