# Gokarn Village, Kumta, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/uttara-kannada/kumta/gokarn/ Village · Kumta, Uttara Kannada # Gokarn Gokarn is a village in Kumta sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581326**. The 2011 Census counted **13,539 people in 3,038 households**, the 1st largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%. - 13,539people (2011) - 3,038households - 84.8%literacy - 581326PIN code ## Gokarn PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Gokarn is 581326.** Gokarn falls in Kumta sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka. - PIN code581326 - Gram panchayatGokarna - Community development blockKumta - Census village code603419 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Gokarn from nearby towns? - Kumta (sub-district HQ)32 km by road - Karwar (district HQ)66 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 Gokarn? 31 services counted by the Census are inside Gokarn; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 15 govt · 1 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 4 govt · 2 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 3 govt - ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 private - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 3 - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors - ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 2 doctors - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 3 - ●Post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●ATMIn village - ●Commercial bankIn village - ●Cooperative bankIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Community centreIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Public libraryIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kumta - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 18 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 Gokarn known for? The main crops are **paddy and arecanut**. About 62% of the 1,700 hectares of village land is sown, and 162 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 Gokarn Of every 100 households in Gokarn in 2011, 89 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 37 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car. ■ Gokarn · ■ Kumta rural average Electricity for lighting ****89%** **86% Toilet within the home ****53%** **48% No toilet (open defecation) ****46%** **52% Tap water ****3%** **7% Drinking water within premises ****64%** **57% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****37%** **17% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%** **80% Use banking services ****90%** **85% Television ****50%** **40% Mobile phone ****62%** **50% Computer with internet ****2%** **1% Two-wheeler ****17%** **16% Car / jeep / van ****3%** **3% None of these assets ****16%** **23% Own their home ****89%** **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 Gokarn? ■ Gokarn · ■ Kumta rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%** **85.2% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983** **980 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911** **934 Working population ****43.5%** **42.5% ### Women and men Literacy is 90.4% for men and 79.1% for women. 63% of men and 24% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 392 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 348 (6%) · **■** Household industry 85 (1%) · **■** Other work 3,475 (59%) · **■** Marginal 1,590 (27%) 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 - Hegde6,918 people - Kagal4,081 people - Holanagadde3,709 people - Nadumaskeri3,599 people [All 118 villages in Kumta](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/uttara-kannada/kumta/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Gokarn?581326 - How far is Gokarn from Karwar?66 km by road - What is the population of Gokarn?13,539 (Census 2011) - Which district is Gokarn in?Uttara Kannada district (Kumta sub-district), Karnataka - What is the literacy rate of Gokarn?84.8% (Census 2011)