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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Bennuru

Bennuru is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577429**. The 2011 Census counted **1,216 people in 300 households**, the 37th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 1,216people (2011)
- 300households
- 79.9%literacy
- 577429PIN code

## Bennuru PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bennuru is 577429.** Bennuru falls in Sorab sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577429
- Gram panchayatBennur
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607512

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

## How far is Bennuru from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)110 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)22 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 Bennuru?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Public libraryIn 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 office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 20 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 Bennuru known for?

The main crops are **sugar cane**. Products made here include jaggery. About 54% of the 705 hectares of village land is sown, and 93 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 Bennuru

Of every 100 households in Bennuru in 2011, 82 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bennuru · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**47%

Tap water ****42%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**31%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****100%**

**69%

Television ****27%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Bennuru?

■ Bennuru · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**78.0%

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

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1196**

**973

Working population ****69.6%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 67.5% for women. 70% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 336 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 492 (58%)

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

- Bilagali1,272 people
- Lakkavalli1,238 people
- Thelagunda1,228 people
- Bennigere1,220 people
- Agasanahalli1,211 people
- Muguru1,210 people
- Chikkadagodu1,204 people
- Neralige1,174 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bennuru?577429
- How far is Bennuru from Shimoga?110 km by road
- What is the population of Bennuru?1,216 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bennuru in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Bennuru?79.9% (Census 2011)