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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Hirekalagodu

Hirekalagodu is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577429**. The 2011 Census counted **159 people in 32 households**, the 236th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 159people (2011)
- 32households
- 85.4%literacy
- 577429PIN code

## Hirekalagodu PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577429
- Gram panchayatHarishi
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607500

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

## How far is Hirekalagodu from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)129 km by road
- Sirsi (nearest town)22 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 Hirekalagodu?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Hirekalagodu; 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
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Banavasi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sirsi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sirsi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 18 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 Hirekalagodu known for?

The main crops are **arecanut**. Products made here include jaggery. About 32% of the 264 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 Hirekalagodu

Of every 100 households in Hirekalagodu in 2011, 91 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Hirekalagodu · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**47%

Tap water ****0%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**31%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**90%

Use banking services ****94%**

**69%

Television ****47%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Hirekalagodu?

■ Hirekalagodu · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**973

Working population ****44.0%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 76.1% for women. 65% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 31 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (33%) · **■** Other work 13 (19%) · **■** Marginal 3 (4%)

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

- Eduru166 people
- Boppagondanakoppa164 people
- Chowdikoppa162 people
- Karjikoppa161 people
- Hodabatte157 people
- Halasinakoppa153 people
- Brahmanavadadodderi139 people
- Hirale134 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Hirekalagodu?577429
- How far is Hirekalagodu from Shimoga?129 km by road
- What is the population of Hirekalagodu?159 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hirekalagodu in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Hirekalagodu?85.4% (Census 2011)