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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Kodakani

Kodakani is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577429**. The 2011 Census counted **3,274 people in 755 households**, the 5th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 3,274people (2011)
- 755households
- 82.0%literacy
- 577429PIN code

## Kodakani PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577429
- Gram panchayatKodakani
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607568

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

## How far is Kodakani from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)80 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)2 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 Kodakani?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kodakani; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Management instituteIn village · 1 govt
- ●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
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sorab
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sorab
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Sorab
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 3 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 Kodakani known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 20% of the 1,382 hectares of village land is sown, and 196 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 Kodakani

Of every 100 households in Kodakani in 2011, 95 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kodakani · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**47%

Tap water ****93%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**90%

Use banking services ****75%**

**69%

Television ****68%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****83%**

**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 Kodakani?

■ Kodakani · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**973

Working population ****44.6%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 74.2% for women. 57% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 655 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (10%) · **■** Household industry 165 (11%) · **■** Other work 326 (22%) · **■** Marginal 160 (11%)

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

- Anavatti8,795 people
- Udri4,362 people
- Kuppagadde3,541 people
- Halesoraba3,515 people
- Chandraguthi3,083 people
- Mudidoddikoppa3,069 people
- Thathuru2,997 people
- Jade2,485 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kodakani?577429
- How far is Kodakani from Shimoga?80 km by road
- What is the population of Kodakani?3,274 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kodakani in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kodakani?82.0% (Census 2011)
