# Shirkur Village, Honavar, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Honavar, Uttara Kannada 

# Shirkur

Shirkur is a village in Honavar sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581384**. The 2011 Census counted **378 people in 84 households**, the 67th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%.

- 378people (2011)
- 84households
- 87.7%literacy
- 581384PIN code

## Shirkur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shirkur is 581384.** Shirkur falls in Honavar sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code581384
- Gram panchayatKudrigi
- Community development blockHonavar
- Census village code603813

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

## How far is Shirkur from nearby towns?

- Honnavar (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)122 km by road
- Honavar (nearest town)32 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 Shirkur?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Shirkur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Herangadi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Honnavar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Honnavar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 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 Shirkur known for?

The main crops are **paddy and arecanut**. About 5% of the 1,251 hectares of village land is sown, and 16 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 Shirkur

Of every 100 households in Shirkur in 2011, 95 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shirkur · ■ Honavar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**78%

Use banking services ****87%**

**84%

Television ****41%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Shirkur?

■ Shirkur · ■ Honavar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.7%**

**83.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**997

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2143**

**964

Working population ****41.3%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 83.9% for women. 65% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (46%) · **■** Other work 58 (37%) · **■** Marginal 23 (15%)

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 Honavar

- Birangod457 people
- Apsarkonda415 people
- Dabbod401 people
- Hadgeri389 people
- Kota375 people
- Hadikal371 people
- Khandodi359 people
- Aunsalli354 people

[All 93 villages in Honavar](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/uttara-kannada/honavar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shirkur?581384
- How far is Shirkur from Karwar?122 km by road
- What is the population of Shirkur?378 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shirkur in?Uttara Kannada district (Honavar sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Shirkur?87.7% (Census 2011)