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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Shigga

Shigga is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577434**. The 2011 Census counted **1,559 people in 393 households**, the 19th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 1,559people (2011)
- 393households
- 82.7%literacy
- 577434PIN code

## Shigga PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577434
- Gram panchayatShigga
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607659

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

## How far is Shigga from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)60 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)15 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 Shigga?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Shigga; 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
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●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
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ulavi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sorab
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sorab
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 6 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 Shigga known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 27% of the 912 hectares of village land is sown, and 132 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 Shigga

Of every 100 households in Shigga in 2011, 87 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shigga · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**47%

Tap water ****78%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****41%**

**69%

Television ****50%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**18%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Shigga?

■ Shigga · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.7%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**973

Working population ****62.3%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 74.9% for women. 65% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 422 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 489 (50%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 44 (5%) · **■** Marginal 14 (1%)

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

- Kathuvalli1,874 people
- Hiremagadi1,707 people
- Kubaturu1,682 people
- Yennekoppa1,679 people
- Bharangi1,556 people
- Ginivala1,546 people
- Samanavalli1,544 people
- Kamanavalli1,543 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shigga?577434
- How far is Shigga from Shimoga?60 km by road
- What is the population of Shigga?1,559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shigga in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Shigga?82.7% (Census 2011)