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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Hosabale

Hosabale is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577429**. The 2011 Census counted **112 people in 27 households**, the 248th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 112people (2011)
- 27households
- 76.2%literacy
- 577429PIN code

## Hosabale PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577429
- Gram panchayatBennur
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607514

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

## How far is Hosabale from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)110 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)23 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 Hosabale?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sorab
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 19 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 Hosabale known for?

The main crops are **sugar cane**. Products made here include jaggery. About 16% of the 230 hectares of village land is sown, and 17 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 Hosabale

Of every 100 households in Hosabale in 2011, 61 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Hosabale · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**47%

Tap water ****0%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**90%

Use banking services ****61%**

**69%

Television ****18%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****7%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Hosabale?

■ Hosabale · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1113**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2500**

**973

Working population ****82.1%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 64.8% for women. 85% of men and 80% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 42 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 48 (52%)

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

- Kanukoppa123 people
- Avalagodu120 people
- Kelaginakiragunasi115 people
- Sambapura113 people
- Melinakiragunasi98 people
- Ammagondanakoppa96 people
- Brahmanavadasagadde96 people
- Dalavaihosakoppa94 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Hosabale?577429
- How far is Hosabale from Shimoga?110 km by road
- What is the population of Hosabale?112 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hosabale in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Hosabale?76.2% (Census 2011)