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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Bharangi

Bharangi is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577413**. The 2011 Census counted **1,556 people in 361 households**, the 20th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 1,556people (2011)
- 361households
- 85.3%literacy
- 577413PIN code

## Bharangi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bharangi is 577413.** Bharangi falls in Sorab sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577413
- Gram panchayatBharangi
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607446

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

## How far is Bharangi from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)120 km by road
- Hirekerur (nearest town)25 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 Bharangi?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Bharangi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Anavatti
- ○Degree college10+ km · Anavatti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hansabavi
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- 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 Bharangi known for?

The main crops are **paddy and cotton**. About 71% of the 803 hectares of village land is sown, and 308 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 Bharangi

Of every 100 households in Bharangi in 2011, 75 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bharangi · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**47%

Tap water ****22%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**31%

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

**7%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****89%**

**69%

Television ****42%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**18%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Bharangi?

■ Bharangi · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.3%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1099**

**973

Working population ****62.1%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 80.1% for women. 65% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (3%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (4%) · **■** Marginal 823 (85%)

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

- Hiremagadi1,707 people
- Kubaturu1,682 people
- Yennekoppa1,679 people
- Shigga1,559 people
- Ginivala1,546 people
- Samanavalli1,544 people
- Kamanavalli1,543 people
- Nyarshi1,540 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bharangi?577413
- How far is Bharangi from Shimoga?120 km by road
- What is the population of Bharangi?1,556 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bharangi in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Bharangi?85.3% (Census 2011)