# Hilukunji Village, Hosanagara, Shimoga (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Hosanagara, Shimoga 

# Hilukunji

Hilukunji is a village in Hosanagara sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577425**. The 2011 Census counted **312 people in 75 households**, the 126th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 312people (2011)
- 75households
- 72.8%literacy
- 577425PIN code

## Hilukunji PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Hilukunji is 577425.** Hilukunji falls in Hosanagara sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577425
- Gram panchayatNagara
- Community development blockHosanagara
- Census village code608034

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

## How far is Hilukunji from nearby towns?

- Hosanagara (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)73 km by road
- Hosanagara (nearest town)14 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 Hilukunji?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Hilukunji; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Hosanagara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hosanagara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hosanagara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)11 h summer · 11 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 Hilukunji known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include rice. About 4% of the 931 hectares of village land is sown, and 27 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 Hilukunji

Of every 100 households in Hilukunji in 2011, 73 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Hilukunji · ■ Hosanagara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**39%

Tap water ****2%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**38%

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

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**86%

Use banking services ****0%**

**83%

Television ****35%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**24%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**5%

None of these assets ****28%**

**10%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Hilukunji?

■ Hilukunji · ■ Hosanagara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1080**

**1019

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**971

Working population ****40.1%**

**48.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 62.5% for women. 69% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 48 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (55%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 6 (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 Hosanagara

- Kammachi344 people
- Heelagodu327 people
- Haniya320 people
- Dombekoppa315 people
- Hosahalli310 people
- Thotada Koppa296 people
- Mulagadde295 people
- Kilandur294 people

[All 204 villages in Hosanagara](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/shimoga/hosanagara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Hilukunji?577425
- How far is Hilukunji from Shimoga?73 km by road
- What is the population of Hilukunji?312 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hilukunji in?Shimoga district (Hosanagara sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Hilukunji?72.8% (Census 2011)