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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Kaliggeri

Kaliggeri is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577419**. The 2011 Census counted **680 people in 176 households**, the 94th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 680people (2011)
- 176households
- 85.0%literacy
- 577419PIN code

## Kaliggeri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kaliggeri is 577419.** Kaliggeri falls in Sorab sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577419
- Gram panchayatJade
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607396

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

## How far is Kaliggeri from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)114 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)28 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 Kaliggeri?

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

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Jade
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jade
- ○Degree college10+ km · Anavatti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Anavatti
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Kaliggeri known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 66% of the 180 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 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 Kaliggeri

Of every 100 households in Kaliggeri in 2011, 90 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kaliggeri · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**47%

Tap water ****45%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**7%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****70%**

**69%

Television ****51%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**18%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 Kaliggeri?

■ Kaliggeri · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.0%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**973

Working population ****38.5%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 78.4% for women. 58% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (29%) · **■** Household industry 10 (4%) · **■** Other work 81 (31%) · **■** Marginal 39 (15%)

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

- Bankasana700 people
- Bettadakurli700 people
- Yelasi699 people
- Korakodu684 people
- Thalaguppa672 people
- Hesari671 people
- Hosahalli659 people
- Bommanahalli657 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kaliggeri?577419
- How far is Kaliggeri from Shimoga?114 km by road
- What is the population of Kaliggeri?680 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaliggeri in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kaliggeri?85.0% (Census 2011)