# Hancharata Village, Sirsi, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Sirsi, Uttara Kannada 

# Hancharata

Hancharata is a village in Sirsi sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581336**. The 2011 Census counted **1,452 people in 317 households**, the 7th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 1,452people (2011)
- 317households
- 92.3%literacy
- 581336PIN code

## Hancharata PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code581336
- Gram panchayatHarehulekal
- Community development blockSirsi
- Census village code603124

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

## How far is Hancharata from nearby towns?

- Sirsi (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)133 km by road
- Sirsi (nearest town)13 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 Hancharata?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Hancharata; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Sirsi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sirsi
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand 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 Hancharata known for?

The main crops are **paddy and ground nut**. About 19% of the 448 hectares of village land is sown, and 28 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 Hancharata

Of every 100 households in Hancharata in 2011, 96 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Hancharata · ■ Sirsi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**36%

Tap water ****22%**

**9%

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

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**74%

Use banking services ****85%**

**73%

Television ****59%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****32%**

**27%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**5%

None of these assets ****13%**

**14%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Hancharata?

■ Hancharata · ■ Sirsi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.3%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****782**

**923

Working population ****43.7%**

**49.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 89.6% for women. 61% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (5%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 360 (57%) · **■** Marginal 192 (30%)

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

- Bachagaon2,377 people
- Chipgi2,302 people
- Hutgar2,173 people
- Sadashivalli1,903 people
- Margundi1,443 people
- Shivalli1,415 people
- Tigani1,297 people
- Yekkambi1,245 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Hancharata?581336
- How far is Hancharata from Karwar?133 km by road
- What is the population of Hancharata?1,452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hancharata in?Uttara Kannada district (Sirsi sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Hancharata?92.3% (Census 2011)