# Basuru Village, Sorab, Shimoga (Karnataka) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Basuru

Basuru is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577419**. The 2011 Census counted **913 people in 228 households**, the 63rd largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 913people (2011)
- 228households
- 95.6%literacy
- 577419PIN code

## Basuru PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577419
- Gram panchayatDyavanahalli
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607455

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

## How far is Basuru from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)24 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)110 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)24 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 Basuru?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Basuru; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sorab
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)18 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 Basuru known for?

The main crops are **paddy and cotton**. Products made here include jaggery. About 70% of the 311 hectares of village land is sown, and 139 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 Basuru

Of every 100 households in Basuru in 2011, 90 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basuru · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**47%

Tap water ****35%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**90%

Use banking services ****59%**

**69%

Television ****36%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**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 Basuru?

■ Basuru · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.6%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1122**

**973

Working population ****47.8%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.4% for men and 93.8% for women. 62% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 119 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 219 (50%) · **■** Other work 20 (5%) · **■** Marginal 78 (18%)

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

- Malalagadde930 people
- Oturu924 people
- Bennuru920 people
- Guddekoppa918 people
- Mavali912 people
- Bedavatti896 people
- Gendla893 people
- Ankaravalli890 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Basuru?577419
- How far is Basuru from Shimoga?110 km by road
- What is the population of Basuru?913 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basuru in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Basuru?95.6% (Census 2011)