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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Bilagi

Bilagi is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577429**. The 2011 Census counted **246 people in 55 households**, the 206th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 246people (2011)
- 55households
- 79.2%literacy
- 577429PIN code

## Bilagi PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577429
- Gram panchayatUdri
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607480

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

## How far is Bilagi from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)94 km by road
- Sorab (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 Bilagi?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Bilagi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sorab
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sorab
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Sorab
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 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, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 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 Bilagi known for?

The main crops are **paddy and cotton**. About 38% of the 284 hectares of village land is sown, and 83 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 Bilagi

Of every 100 households in Bilagi in 2011, 91 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bilagi · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**47%

Tap water ****98%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**31%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****47%**

**69%

Television ****36%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Bilagi?

■ Bilagi · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**973

Working population ****51.2%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 69.6% for women. 71% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 96 (76%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (13%) · **■** Other work 13 (10%)

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

- Thavarekoppa264 people
- Gerukoppa260 people
- Mangarshikoppa253 people
- Thavarehalli248 people
- Jigarikoppa244 people
- Shindli242 people
- Narchi238 people
- Kathavai236 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bilagi?577429
- How far is Bilagi from Shimoga?94 km by road
- What is the population of Bilagi?246 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bilagi in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Bilagi?79.2% (Census 2011)