# Kappanahalli Village, Shikarpur, Shimoga (Karnataka)

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Village · Shikarpur, Shimoga 

# Kappanahalli

Kappanahalli is a village in Shikarpur sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577427**. The 2011 Census counted **2,565 people in 569 households**, the 13th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.4%.

- 2,565people (2011)
- 569households
- 73.7%literacy
- 577427PIN code

## Kappanahalli PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kappanahalli is 577427.** Kappanahalli falls in Shikarpur sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577427
- Gram panchayatKappanahalli
- Community development blockShikarpur
- Census village code607768

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

## How far is Kappanahalli from nearby towns?

- Shikarpur (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)75 km by road
- Shikarpur (nearest town)9 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 Kappanahalli?

22 services counted by the Census are inside Kappanahalli; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 3
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 3
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Shikarpur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Shikaripura
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Shikaripura
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 6 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 Kappanahalli known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 35% of the 457 hectares of village land is sown, and 137 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 Kappanahalli

Of every 100 households in Kappanahalli in 2011, 92 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kappanahalli · ■ Shikarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**39%

Tap water ****99%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**89%

Use banking services ****97%**

**75%

Television ****60%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**19%

Own their home ****92%**

**94%

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 Kappanahalli?

■ Kappanahalli · ■ Shikarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**72.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1001**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**972

Working population ****41.2%**

**48.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 66.7% for women. 58% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 309 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 587 (56%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 108 (10%) · **■** Marginal 33 (3%)

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 Shikarpur

- Ambaragoppa3,012 people
- Mattikote3,000 people
- Bilaki2,853 people
- Hithala2,644 people
- Beguru2,537 people
- Manchikoppa2,415 people
- Kaginalli2,277 people
- Maravalli2,219 people

[All 176 villages in Shikarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/shimoga/shikarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kappanahalli?577427
- How far is Kappanahalli from Shimoga?75 km by road
- What is the population of Kappanahalli?2,565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kappanahalli in?Shimoga district (Shikarpur sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kappanahalli?73.7% (Census 2011)
