# Kotipura Village, Shikarpur, Shimoga (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Shikarpur, Shimoga 

# Kotipura

Kotipura is a village in Shikarpur sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577427**. The 2011 Census counted **894 people in 219 households**, the 87th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.4%.

- 894people (2011)
- 219households
- 57.5%literacy
- 577427PIN code

## Kotipura PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577427
- Gram panchayatKappanahalli
- Community development blockShikarpur
- Census village code607769

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

## How far is Kotipura from nearby towns?

- Shikarpur (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)76 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 Kotipura?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kotipura; 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
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn 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
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 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)11 h summer · 11 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 Kotipura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 34% of the 404 hectares of village land is sown, and 100 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 Kotipura

Of every 100 households in Kotipura in 2011, 79 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kotipura · ■ Shikarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**39%

Tap water ****0%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****88%**

**75%

Television ****29%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**19%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kotipura?

■ Kotipura · ■ Shikarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.5%**

**72.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1185**

**972

Working population ****52.5%**

**48.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.2% for men and 49.3% for women. 61% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (5%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 438 (93%)

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

- Bannuru917 people
- Karnelli914 people
- Doddajogihalli912 people
- Basavanandihalli909 people
- Thattihalli889 people
- Chowdanayakanakoppa887 people
- Kalenahalli863 people
- Thumrihosuru813 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kotipura?577427
- How far is Kotipura from Shimoga?76 km by road
- What is the population of Kotipura?894 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotipura in?Shimoga district (Shikarpur sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kotipura?57.5% (Census 2011)