Village · Sorab, Shimoga # Pura Pura is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code 577429. The 2011 Census counted 400 people in 90 households, the 163rd largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%. - 400 people (2011) - 90 households - 79.7% literacy - 577429 PIN code ## Pura PIN code and other codes The PIN code of Pura is 577429. Pura falls in Sorab sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka. - PIN code 577429 - Gram panchayat Nyarshi - Community development block Sorab - Census village code 607523 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Pura from nearby towns? - Sorab (sub-district HQ) 19 km by road - Shimoga (district HQ) 109 km by road - Sorab (nearest town) 19 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Pura? 11 services counted by the Census are inside Pura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 govt - ● Primary school In village · 2 govt - ● Middle school In village · 2 govt - ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 - ● Family welfare centre In village · 1 - ● Mobile phone coverage In village - ● Public bus service In village - ● Private bus service In village - ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village - ● All-weather road In village - ● ASHA health worker In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Sorab - ○ Degree college 10+ km · Sorab - ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Sorab - ○ Primary health centre under 5 km - ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km - ○ Dispensary 10+ km - ○ Post office 10+ km - ○ Railway station 10+ km - ○ ATM 10+ km - ○ Commercial bank under 5 km - ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km - ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km - ○ Public library under 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking water treated 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. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Pura known for? The main crops are sugar cane and coconut. Products made here include jaggery. About 61% of the 153 hectares of village land is sown. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Pura Of every 100 households in Pura in 2011, 75 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Pura · ■ Sorab rural average - Electricity for lighting 75% 85% - Toilet within the home 63% 52% - No toilet (open defecation) 37% 47% - Tap water 0% 53% - Drinking water within premises 15% 31% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 7% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 90% - Use banking services 49% 69% - Television 25% 45% - Mobile phone 33% 57% - Computer with internet 0% 0% - Two-wheeler 9% 17% - Car / jeep / van 0% 2% - None of these assets 28% 18% - Own their home 100% 94% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Pura? ■ Pura · ■ Sorab rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 79.7% 78.0% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1051 984 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 1217 973 - Working population 60.0% 52.1% ### Women and men Literacy is 90.7% for men and 68.9% for women. 66% of men and 55% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 42 (18%) · ■ Farm labourers 139 (58%) · ■ Household industry 3 (1%) · ■ Other work 9 (4%) · ■ Marginal 47 (20%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Sorab - Hunsavalli 408 people - Thotlagondanakoppa 406 people - Halagalale 401 people - Brahamanavadainduvalli 400 people - Kaspadikoppa 399 people - Hiriyavali 398 people - Holemaruru 398 people - Sampagodu 396 people All 306 villages in Sorab ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Pura? 577429 - How far is Pura from Shimoga? 109 km by road - What is the population of Pura? 400 (Census 2011) - Which district is Pura in? Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka - What is the literacy rate of Pura? 79.7% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/shimoga/sorab/pura-607523/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.