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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Hirale

Hirale is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577434**. The 2011 Census counted **134 people in 40 households**, the 240th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 134people (2011)
- 40households
- 86.4%literacy
- 577434PIN code

## Hirale PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Hirale is 577434.** Hirale falls in Sorab sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577434
- Gram panchayatHosabale
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607603

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

## How far is Hirale from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)112 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)12 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 Hirale?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Hirale; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Mudugodu
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sorab
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)11 h summer · 11 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 Hirale known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 18% of the 202 hectares of village land is sown, and 32 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 Hirale

Of every 100 households in Hirale in 2011, 92 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Hirale · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**47%

Tap water ****5%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**90%

Use banking services ****85%**

**69%

Television ****62%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**2%

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

**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 Hirale?

■ Hirale · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.4%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1271**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**973

Working population ****45.5%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 80.3% for women. 78% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 11 (18%) · **■** Household industry 2 (3%) · **■** Other work 8 (13%) · **■** Marginal 40 (66%)

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

- Hirekalagodu159 people
- Hodabatte157 people
- Halasinakoppa153 people
- Brahmanavadadodderi139 people
- Kamalapura133 people
- Kenchikoppa131 people
- Shadalakoppa130 people
- Kanukoppa123 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Hirale?577434
- How far is Hirale from Shimoga?112 km by road
- What is the population of Hirale?134 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hirale in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Hirale?86.4% (Census 2011)