# Bakkal Village, Sirsi, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Sirsi, Uttara Kannada 

# Bakkal

Bakkal is a village in Sirsi sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581336**. The 2011 Census counted **555 people in 124 households**, the 78th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 555people (2011)
- 124households
- 87.9%literacy
- 581336PIN code

## Bakkal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bakkal is 581336.** Bakkal falls in Sirsi sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code581336
- Gram panchayatHarehulekal
- Community development blockSirsi
- Census village code603113

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

## How far is Bakkal from nearby towns?

- Sirsi (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)137 km by road
- Sirsi (nearest town)15 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 Bakkal?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Bakkal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Hancharata
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sirsi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sirsi
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 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 Bakkal known for?

The main crops are **paddy and ground nut**. About 8% of the 1,125 hectares of village land is sown, and 24 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 Bakkal

Of every 100 households in Bakkal in 2011, 98 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 42 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Bakkal · ■ Sirsi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**36%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**74%

Use banking services ****94%**

**73%

Television ****61%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****42%**

**27%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**5%

None of these assets ****6%**

**14%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bakkal?

■ Bakkal · ■ Sirsi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.9%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**923

Working population ****41.6%**

**49.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 85.1% for women. 65% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 60 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (28%) · **■** Other work 105 (45%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Sirsi

- Bankanal573 people
- Mensi573 people
- Sirsi561 people
- Kerekoppa557 people
- Huldevansar554 people
- Husri548 people
- Bommanalli547 people
- Bilur546 people

[All 228 villages in Sirsi](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/uttara-kannada/sirsi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bakkal?581336
- How far is Bakkal from Karwar?137 km by road
- What is the population of Bakkal?555 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakkal in?Uttara Kannada district (Sirsi sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Bakkal?87.9% (Census 2011)