# Maruthipura Village, Hosanagara, Shimoga (Karnataka)

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Village · Hosanagara, Shimoga 

# Maruthipura

Maruthipura is a village in Hosanagara sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577412**. The 2011 Census counted **1,166 people in 256 households**, the 16th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,166people (2011)
- 256households
- 78.1%literacy
- 577412PIN code

## Maruthipura PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Maruthipura is 577412.** Maruthipura falls in Hosanagara sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577412
- Gram panchayatMaruthipura
- Community development blockHosanagara
- Census village code607901

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

## How far is Maruthipura from nearby towns?

- Hosanagara (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)75 km by road
- Hosanagara (nearest town)12 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 Maruthipura?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Hosanagara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hosanagara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hosanagara
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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 Maruthipura known for?

The main crops are **paddy and arecanut**. About 16% of the 788 hectares of village land is sown, and 75 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 Maruthipura

Of every 100 households in Maruthipura in 2011, 79 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Maruthipura · ■ Hosanagara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**39%

Tap water ****39%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**86%

Use banking services ****68%**

**83%

Television ****59%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**24%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**5%

None of these assets ****8%**

**10%

Own their home ****83%**

**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 Maruthipura?

■ Maruthipura · ■ Hosanagara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**1019

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1233**

**971

Working population ****47.5%**

**48.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 68.7% for women. 55% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (20%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 207 (37%) · **■** Marginal 133 (24%)

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

- Mumbaru1,291 people
- Ganganakoppa1,251 people
- Hosur1,186 people
- Punaje1,180 people
- Amrutha1,144 people
- Sonale1,134 people
- Kenchanala1,125 people
- Gubbiga1,124 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Maruthipura?577412
- How far is Maruthipura from Shimoga?75 km by road
- What is the population of Maruthipura?1,166 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maruthipura in?Shimoga district (Hosanagara sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Maruthipura?78.1% (Census 2011)