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

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Village · Sorab, Shimoga 

# Yelasi

Yelasi is a village in Sorab sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577429**. The 2011 Census counted **699 people in 157 households**, the 92nd largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 699people (2011)
- 157households
- 70.2%literacy
- 577429PIN code

## Yelasi PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code577429
- Gram panchayatHalesorab
- Community development blockSorab
- Census village code607553

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

## How far is Yelasi from nearby towns?

- Sorab (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)100 km by road
- Sorab (nearest town)6 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 Yelasi?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Yelasi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sorab
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Sorab
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Sorab
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 14 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 Yelasi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 24% of the 765 hectares of village land is sown, and 106 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 Yelasi

Of every 100 households in Yelasi in 2011, 81 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Yelasi · ■ Sorab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**47%

Tap water ****71%**

**53%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****71%**

**69%

Television ****47%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Yelasi?

■ Yelasi · ■ Sorab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**973

Working population ****52.8%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 60.2% for women. 69% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 42 (11%) · **■** Marginal 237 (64%)

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

- Haya724 people
- Guduginakoppa701 people
- Bankasana700 people
- Bettadakurli700 people
- Korakodu684 people
- Kaliggeri680 people
- Thalaguppa672 people
- Hesari671 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Yelasi?577429
- How far is Yelasi from Shimoga?100 km by road
- What is the population of Yelasi?699 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Yelasi in?Shimoga district (Sorab sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Yelasi?70.2% (Census 2011)