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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Chikkashakuna

Chikkashakuna is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577429**. The 2011 Census counted **560 people in 110 households**, the 117th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 560people (2011)
- 110households
- 70.4%literacy
- 577429PIN code

## Chikkashakuna PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577429
- Gram panchayatKodakani
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607565

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

## How far is Chikkashakuna from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)90 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)1 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 Chikkashakuna?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Polling stationIn 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, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 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 Chikkashakuna known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 35% of the 243 hectares of village land is sown, and 77 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 Chikkashakuna

Of every 100 households in Chikkashakuna in 2011, 87 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chikkashakuna · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**47%

Tap water ****64%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****88%**

**69%

Television ****54%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**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 Chikkashakuna?

■ Chikkashakuna · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**973

Working population ****29.5%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 61.5% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 133 (81%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 25 (15%) · **■** Marginal 5 (3%)

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

- Kalkoppa589 people
- Hanaji583 people
- Arethelagadde577 people
- Chikkabburu564 people
- Manamane544 people
- Kavadi543 people
- Chikkasavi531 people
- Banadakoppa527 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chikkashakuna?577429
- How far is Chikkashakuna from Shimoga?90 km by road
- What is the population of Chikkashakuna?560 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chikkashakuna in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Chikkashakuna?70.4% (Census 2011)