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

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Village · Shikarpur, Shimoga 

# Kotta

Kotta is a village in Shikarpur sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577427**. The 2011 Census counted **693 people in 133 households**, the 100th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.4%.

- 693people (2011)
- 133households
- 71.2%literacy
- 577427PIN code

## Kotta PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577427
- Gram panchayatKappanahalli
- Community development blockShikarpur
- Census village code607765

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

## How far is Kotta from nearby towns?

- Shikarpur (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)54 km by road
- Shikarpur (nearest town)4 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 Kotta?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Kotta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Shikarpur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Shikaripura
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Shikaripura
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 8 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 Kotta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 52% of the 279 hectares of village land is sown, and 91 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 Kotta

Of every 100 households in Kotta in 2011, 82 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kotta · ■ Shikarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**39%

Tap water ****98%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**22%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**89%

Use banking services ****40%**

**75%

Television ****57%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**16%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**19%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kotta?

■ Kotta · ■ Shikarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**72.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**972

Working population ****41.3%**

**48.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 66.6% for women. 65% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 116 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (26%) · **■** Other work 52 (18%) · **■** Marginal 44 (15%)

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

- Mayathammana Muchadi762 people
- Chunchinakoppa750 people
- Ragikoppa743 people
- Kodihalli742 people
- Bidarikoppa692 people
- Chikkalavathi692 people
- Kaniya681 people
- Hariharapura677 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kotta?577427
- How far is Kotta from Shimoga?54 km by road
- What is the population of Kotta?693 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotta in?Shimoga district (Shikarpur sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kotta?71.2% (Census 2011)