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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Chilanuru

Chilanuru is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577429**. The 2011 Census counted **313 people in 81 households**, the 192nd largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 313people (2011)
- 81households
- 75.7%literacy
- 577429PIN code

## Chilanuru PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577429
- Gram panchayatNisarani
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607599

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

## How far is Chilanuru from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)110 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 Chilanuru?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Chilanuru; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary 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
- ●ASHA health workerIn 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
- ○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, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 5 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 Chilanuru known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 34% of the 239 hectares of village land is sown, and 52 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 Chilanuru

Of every 100 households in Chilanuru in 2011, 100 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chilanuru · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**47%

Tap water ****100%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**31%

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

**7%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****95%**

**69%

Television ****74%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chilanuru?

■ Chilanuru · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1636**

**973

Working population ****57.5%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 65.7% for women. 69% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 121 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (19%) · **■** Other work 24 (13%)

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

- Kerekoppa329 people
- Malekoppa329 people
- Thyavagodu327 people
- Kappagalale318 people
- Kanak0Ppa309 people
- Chikkalagodu308 people
- Jiralekoppa304 people
- Kumbathi301 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chilanuru?577429
- How far is Chilanuru from Shimoga?110 km by road
- What is the population of Chilanuru?313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chilanuru in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Chilanuru?75.7% (Census 2011)