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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Horabylu

Horabylu is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577434**. The 2011 Census counted **361 people in 83 households**, the 176th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 361people (2011)
- 83households
- 72.7%literacy
- 577434PIN code

## Horabylu PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577434
- Gram panchayatHarishi
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607510

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

## How far is Horabylu from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)123 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)27 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 Horabylu?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Horabylu; 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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sorab
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 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 libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Horabylu known for?

The main crops are **sugar cane and coconut**. Products made here include jaggery. About 27% of the 327 hectares of village land is sown, and 37 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 Horabylu

Of every 100 households in Horabylu in 2011, 89 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Horabylu · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**47%

Tap water ****11%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**90%

Use banking services ****40%**

**69%

Television ****33%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**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 Horabylu?

■ Horabylu · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****722**

**973

Working population ****57.3%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 65.0% for women. 69% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 76 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (48%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 28 (14%)

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

- Jaddihalli380 people
- Bankavalli378 people
- Magadi365 people
- Heggodu363 people
- Kallambi359 people
- Bilavagodu358 people
- Maisavi358 people
- Chimanuru354 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Horabylu?577434
- How far is Horabylu from Shimoga?123 km by road
- What is the population of Horabylu?361 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Horabylu in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Horabylu?72.7% (Census 2011)