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

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Village · Hosanagara, Shimoga 

# Karigerasu

Karigerasu is a village in Hosanagara sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577418**. The 2011 Census counted **632 people in 116 households**, the 72nd largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 632people (2011)
- 116households
- 84.4%literacy
- 577418PIN code

## Karigerasu PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karigerasu is 577418.** Karigerasu falls in Hosanagara sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577418
- Gram panchayatKodur
- Community development blockHosanagara
- Census village code607994

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

## How far is Karigerasu from nearby towns?

- Hosanagara (sub-district HQ)19 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)50 km by road
- Hosanagara (nearest town)19 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 Karigerasu?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public 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 school5–10 km · Konandur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gavtoor
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hosanagara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 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 Karigerasu known for?

The main crops are **paddy and arecanut**. Products made here include rice. About 14% of the 743 hectares of village land is sown, and 79 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 Karigerasu

Of every 100 households in Karigerasu in 2011, 86 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Karigerasu · ■ Hosanagara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**39%

Tap water ****14%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**11%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****97%**

**83%

Television ****42%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**24%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Karigerasu?

■ Karigerasu · ■ Hosanagara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**1019

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**971

Working population ****47.9%**

**48.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 78.9% for women. 68% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 280 (92%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 21 (7%)

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

- Adagodi649 people
- Huligadde649 people
- Malur647 people
- Thogare637 people
- Savanthur629 people
- Jeni609 people
- Kadasoor606 people
- Malali603 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karigerasu?577418
- How far is Karigerasu from Shimoga?50 km by road
- What is the population of Karigerasu?632 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karigerasu in?Shimoga district (Hosanagara sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Karigerasu?84.4% (Census 2011)