# Shiruru Village, Sagar, Shimoga (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Sagar, Shimoga 

# Shiruru

Shiruru is a village in Sagar sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577430**. The 2011 Census counted **771 people in 182 households**, the 57th largest of 230 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.9%.

- 771people (2011)
- 182households
- 73.1%literacy
- 577430PIN code

## Shiruru PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shiruru is 577430.** Shiruru falls in Sagar sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577430
- Gram panchayatMarthur
- Community development blockSagar
- Census village code607172

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

## How far is Shiruru from nearby towns?

- Sagar (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)86 km by road
- Sagar (nearest town)11 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 Shiruru?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Shiruru; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Talaguppa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 24 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 Shiruru known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 52% of the 615 hectares of village land is sown, and 143 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 Shiruru

Of every 100 households in Shiruru in 2011, 82 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Shiruru · ■ Sagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**85%

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

**60%

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

**40%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**46%

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

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**85%

Use banking services ****92%**

**82%

Television ****52%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**26%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****10%**

**11%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 Shiruru?

■ Shiruru · ■ Sagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**76.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**1019

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****674**

**955

Working population ****58.9%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 63.4% for women. 69% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 262 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (13%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 104 (23%) · **■** Marginal 27 (6%)

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 Sagar

- Madasuru822 people
- Beluru816 people
- Mankalale797 people
- Hiremane788 people
- Kanapagaru740 people
- Neechadi728 people
- Yadajigalemane718 people
- Yalagalale713 people

[All 238 villages in Sagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/shimoga/sagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shiruru?577430
- How far is Shiruru from Shimoga?86 km by road
- What is the population of Shiruru?771 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shiruru in?Shimoga district (Sagar sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Shiruru?73.1% (Census 2011)