# Karakki Village, Hosanagara, Shimoga (Karnataka) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Hosanagara, Shimoga 

# Karakki

Karakki is a village in Hosanagara sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577426**. The 2011 Census counted **715 people in 147 households**, the 59th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 715people (2011)
- 147households
- 75.7%literacy
- 577426PIN code

## Karakki PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karakki is 577426.** Karakki falls in Hosanagara sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577426
- Gram panchayatKodur
- Community development blockHosanagara
- Census village code607927

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

## How far is Karakki from nearby towns?

- Hosanagara (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)53 km by road
- Hosanagara (nearest town)23 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 Karakki?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Karakki; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Hosanagara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gavtoor
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hosanagara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Karakki known for?

The main crops are **sugar cane and arecanut**. About 25% of the 412 hectares of village land is sown, and 35 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 Karakki

Of every 100 households in Karakki in 2011, 90 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Karakki · ■ Hosanagara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**39%

Tap water ****20%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**86%

Use banking services ****98%**

**83%

Television ****30%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**24%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****14%**

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Karakki?

■ Karakki · ■ Hosanagara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1066**

**1019

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1696**

**971

Working population ****65.9%**

**48.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 69.1% for women. 68% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 349 (74%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 121 (26%)

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

- Haridravati736 people
- Salageri723 people
- Yadur723 people
- Yalagallu721 people
- Hebburli714 people
- Nanjavalli714 people
- Nidagodu712 people
- Ryave700 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karakki?577426
- How far is Karakki from Shimoga?53 km by road
- What is the population of Karakki?715 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karakki in?Shimoga district (Hosanagara sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Karakki?75.7% (Census 2011)