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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Kamalapura

Kamalapura is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577429**. The 2011 Census counted **133 people in 32 households**, the 241st largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 133people (2011)
- 32households
- 93.2%literacy
- 577429PIN code

## Kamalapura PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577429
- Gram panchayatNyarshi
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607521

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

## How far is Kamalapura from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)114 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)18 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 Kamalapura?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Kamalapura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Baragavalli
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Siddapura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Soraba
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Soraba
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ 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 waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)14 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 Kamalapura known for?

The main crops are **sugar cane and arecanut**. Products made here include jaggery. About 32% of the 239 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 Kamalapura

Of every 100 households in Kamalapura in 2011, 72 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kamalapura · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**47%

Tap water ****0%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****81%**

**69%

Television ****38%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**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 Kamalapura?

■ Kamalapura · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.2%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1111**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****4333**

**973

Working population ****59.4%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.0% for men and 91.2% for women. 71% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (33%) · **■** Household industry 4 (5%) · **■** Other work 4 (5%) · **■** Marginal 25 (32%)

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

- Hodabatte157 people
- Halasinakoppa153 people
- Brahmanavadadodderi139 people
- Hirale134 people
- Kenchikoppa131 people
- Shadalakoppa130 people
- Kanukoppa123 people
- Avalagodu120 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kamalapura?577429
- How far is Kamalapura from Shimoga?114 km by road
- What is the population of Kamalapura?133 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalapura in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalapura?93.2% (Census 2011)