# Bankasana Village, Sorab, Shimoga (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Bankasana

Bankasana is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577419**. The 2011 Census counted **700 people in 164 households**, the 90th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 700people (2011)
- 164households
- 69.9%literacy
- 577419PIN code

## Bankasana PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bankasana is 577419.** Bankasana falls in Sorab sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577419
- Gram panchayatJade
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607394

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

## How far is Bankasana from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)33 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)115 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)33 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 Bankasana?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Bankasana; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jade
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Anavatti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)6 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 Bankasana known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 66% of the 308 hectares of village land is sown, and 150 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 Bankasana

Of every 100 households in Bankasana in 2011, 91 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bankasana · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**47%

Tap water ****88%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**90%

Use banking services ****98%**

**69%

Television ****58%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bankasana?

■ Bankasana · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**973

Working population ****63.7%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 61.3% for women. 64% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 162 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 253 (57%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (5%) · **■** Marginal 6 (1%)

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 Sorab

- Kodihalli744 people
- Tumarikoppa743 people
- Haya724 people
- Guduginakoppa701 people
- Bettadakurli700 people
- Yelasi699 people
- Korakodu684 people
- Kaliggeri680 people

[All 306 villages in Sorab](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/shimoga/sorab/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bankasana?577419
- How far is Bankasana from Shimoga?115 km by road
- What is the population of Bankasana?700 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankasana in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Bankasana?69.9% (Census 2011)