# Shirgunji Village, Kumta, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Kumta, Uttara Kannada 

# Shirgunji

Shirgunji is a village in Kumta sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581362**. The 2011 Census counted **732 people in 136 households**, the 47th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 732people (2011)
- 136households
- 76.2%literacy
- 581362PIN code

## Shirgunji PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shirgunji is 581362.** Shirgunji falls in Kumta sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code581362
- Gram panchayatAlkod
- Community development blockKumta
- Census village code603479

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

## How far is Shirgunji from nearby towns?

- Kumta (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)72 km by road
- Kumta (nearest town)18 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 Shirgunji?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Shirgunji; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kumta
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kumta
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kumta
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)16 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 Shirgunji known for?

The main crops are **paddy and chillies**. About 11% of the 693 hectares of village land is sown, and 29 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 Shirgunji

Of every 100 households in Shirgunji in 2011, 84 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shirgunji · ■ Kumta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**52%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****85%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**80%

Use banking services ****100%**

**85%

Television ****30%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Shirgunji?

■ Shirgunji · ■ Kumta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1655**

**934

Working population ****38.8%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 67.4% for women. 64% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 52 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (16%) · **■** Other work 180 (63%) · **■** Marginal 7 (2%)

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

- Urkeri877 people
- Alkod814 people
- Horbhag801 people
- Harumaskeri780 people
- Yelavalli716 people
- Kalve715 people
- Hoskeri691 people
- Bankikodla680 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shirgunji?581362
- How far is Shirgunji from Karwar?72 km by road
- What is the population of Shirgunji?732 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shirgunji in?Uttara Kannada district (Kumta sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Shirgunji?76.2% (Census 2011)