# Algar Village, Kumta, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Kumta, Uttara Kannada 

# Algar

Algar is a village in Kumta sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581323**. The 2011 Census counted **45 people in 9 households**, the 106th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 45people (2011)
- 9households
- 95.0%literacy
- 581323PIN code

## Algar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Algar is 581323.** Algar falls in Kumta sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code581323
- Gram panchayatSanteguli
- Community development blockKumta
- Census village code603523

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

## How far is Algar from nearby towns?

- Kumta (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)97 km by road
- Kumta (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 Algar?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Algar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Bastikere
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kallabbe
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kumta
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Honnavar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells
- Electricity (2011)20 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 Algar known for?

The main crops are **paddy and pepper**. About 1% of the 102 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Algar

Of every 100 households in Algar in 2011, 100 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 20 a car.

■ Algar · ■ Kumta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**52%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****100%**

**85%

Television ****10%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****20%**

**3%

None of these assets ****30%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Algar?

■ Algar · ■ Kumta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.0%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**934

Working population ****44.4%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 88.9% for women. 71% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 5 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (25%) · **■** Other work 10 (50%)

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 Kumta

- Mudgi90 people
- Bargigazani86 people
- Kadkod71 people
- Madki Bail49 people
- Kundguni43 people
- Pattubele32 people
- Toppalgutta22 people
- Tannirhonda20 people

[All 118 villages in Kumta](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/uttara-kannada/kumta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Algar?581323
- How far is Algar from Karwar?97 km by road
- What is the population of Algar?45 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Algar in?Uttara Kannada district (Kumta sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Algar?95.0% (Census 2011)