# Maruru Village, Sorab, Shimoga (Karnataka) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Maruru

Maruru is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577429**. The 2011 Census counted **346 people in 92 households**, the 185th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 346people (2011)
- 92households
- 81.8%literacy
- 577429PIN code

## Maruru PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577429
- Gram panchayatHalesorab
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607562

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

## How far is Maruru from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)90 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)4 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 Maruru?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Maruru; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sorab
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Soraba
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Soraba
- ○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
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)16 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 Maruru known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 33% of the 247 hectares of village land is sown, and 34 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 Maruru

Of every 100 households in Maruru in 2011, 89 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maruru · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**47%

Tap water ****3%**

**53%

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

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****92%**

**69%

Television ****36%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Maruru?

■ Maruru · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****650**

**973

Working population ****63.9%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 74.2% for women. 68% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 66 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 129 (58%) · **■** Other work 10 (5%) · **■** Marginal 16 (7%)

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

- Kundagasavi350 people
- Nittakki349 people
- Siddihalli State Forest349 people
- Nadavadaholekatte348 people
- Thuilikoppa343 people
- Gunda Setti Koppa331 people
- Kerekoppa329 people
- Malekoppa329 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Maruru?577429
- How far is Maruru from Shimoga?90 km by road
- What is the population of Maruru?346 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maruru in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Maruru?81.8% (Census 2011)