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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Kerehalli

Kerehalli is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577419**. The 2011 Census counted **1,434 people in 334 households**, the 28th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 1,434people (2011)
- 334households
- 85.7%literacy
- 577419PIN code

## Kerehalli PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577419
- Gram panchayatKathuvalli
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607454

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

## How far is Kerehalli from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)130 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)30 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 Kerehalli?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Kerehalli; 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
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sorab
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 24 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 Kerehalli known for?

The main crops are **paddy and cotton**. Products made here include jaggery. About 59% of the 501 hectares of village land is sown, and 148 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 Kerehalli

Of every 100 households in Kerehalli in 2011, 93 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kerehalli · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**47%

Tap water ****94%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**90%

Use banking services ****79%**

**69%

Television ****53%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**18%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kerehalli?

■ Kerehalli · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1015**

**973

Working population ****41.1%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 81.0% for women. 65% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 206 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (22%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 85 (14%) · **■** Marginal 153 (26%)

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

- Nyarshi1,540 people
- Gudavi1,536 people
- Duguru1,461 people
- Thavanandi1,457 people
- Ulavi1,405 people
- Thoravanda1,380 people
- Kamaruru1,350 people
- Hurali1,287 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kerehalli?577419
- How far is Kerehalli from Shimoga?130 km by road
- What is the population of Kerehalli?1,434 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kerehalli in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kerehalli?85.7% (Census 2011)
