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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Hirekasavi

Hirekasavi is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577447**. The 2011 Census counted **1,036 people in 230 households**, the 50th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 1,036people (2011)
- 230households
- 84.0%literacy
- 577447PIN code

## Hirekasavi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Hirekasavi is 577447.** Hirekasavi falls in Sorab sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577447
- Gram panchayatInduvalli
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607663

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

## How far is Hirekasavi from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)70 km by road
- Siralkoppa (nearest town)3 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 Hirekasavi?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Hirekasavi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ulavi
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Shiralakoppa
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Siralkoppa
- ○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, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 10 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 Hirekasavi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 53% of the 499 hectares of village land is sown, and 158 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 Hirekasavi

Of every 100 households in Hirekasavi in 2011, 83 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hirekasavi · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**47%

Tap water ****0%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****95%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**90%

Use banking services ****81%**

**69%

Television ****48%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**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 Hirekasavi?

■ Hirekasavi · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.0%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1132**

**973

Working population ****35.0%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 78.3% for women. 58% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 182 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (10%) · **■** Other work 24 (7%) · **■** Marginal 120 (33%)

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

- Mallapura1,097 people
- Hanchi1,086 people
- Gunjanur1,062 people
- Devasthanadahakkalu1,057 people
- Salige1,036 people
- Mutaguppe990 people
- Suranagi989 people
- Hirechowti978 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Hirekasavi?577447
- How far is Hirekasavi from Shimoga?70 km by road
- What is the population of Hirekasavi?1,036 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hirekasavi in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Hirekasavi?84.0% (Census 2011)