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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Magadi

Magadi is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577434**. The 2011 Census counted **365 people in 82 households**, the 174th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 365people (2011)
- 82households
- 75.2%literacy
- 577434PIN code

## Magadi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Magadi is 577434.** Magadi falls in Sorab sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577434
- Gram panchayatHosabale
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607608

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

## How far is Magadi from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)114 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)14 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 Magadi?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sorab
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 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 wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)11 h summer · 11 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 Magadi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 24% of the 426 hectares of village land is sown, and 66 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 Magadi

Of every 100 households in Magadi in 2011, 96 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Magadi · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**47%

Tap water ****1%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**90%

Use banking services ****100%**

**69%

Television ****51%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Magadi?

■ Magadi · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1160**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1053**

**973

Working population ****56.7%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 69.9% for women. 65% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 138 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (26%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 9 (4%)

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

- Hosakoppa387 people
- Saremaruru387 people
- Jaddihalli380 people
- Bankavalli378 people
- Heggodu363 people
- Horabylu361 people
- Kallambi359 people
- Bilavagodu358 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Magadi?577434
- How far is Magadi from Shimoga?114 km by road
- What is the population of Magadi?365 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Magadi in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Magadi?75.2% (Census 2011)