Geographic Location of Shanka

The village Shanka is located in Hassan Taluk of Hassan District in the State of Karnataka in India. It is governed by Salagame Gram Panchayat. It comes under Hassan Community Development Block. The nearest town is Hassan, which is about 8 kilometers away from Shanka.

Travel and Communication for Shanka

Private buses services are available for the village. There is a railway station 5-10 kms away from the village.

Postal Address:
Shanka,
Hassan,
Karnataka, India
PIN - 573219

Climate Change, Weather and Environment Reports / Data for Shanka

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A brief summary of available data for Shanka is given below:

Social Structure of Shanka

As per available data from the year 2009, 1078 persons live in 242 house holds in the village Shanka. There are 519 female individuals and 559 male individuals in the village. Females constitute 48.14% and males constitute 51.86% of the total population.

There are 237 scheduled castes persons of which 115 are females and 122 are males. Females constitute 48.52% and males constitute 51.48% of the scheduled castes population. Scheduled castes constitute 21.99% of the total population.

Population density of Shanka is 245.69 persons per square kilometer.

Land and Natural Resources in Shanka

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Total area of Shanka is 438.76 Hectares as per the data available for the year 2009.

Total sown/agricultural area is 331.79 ha. About 214.33 ha is un-irrigated area. About 117.46 ha is irrigated area. About 32.32 ha is irrigated by wells/tube wells. About 85.14 ha is irrigated by tanks/lakes.

About 98.02 ha is in non-agricultural use. About 1.8 ha is used permanent pastures and grazing lands. About 1.4 ha is under miscellaneous tree crops.

About 0.72 ha is culturable waste land. About 5.03 ha is covered by barren and un-cultivable land.

Schools in Shanka

There are 2 government pre-primary schools in the village Shanka.

There are 3 government primary schools in the village Shanka.

There is a government middle school in the village Shanka.

There are no private or government secondary schools in the village. However, there is a private secondary school in Salagame, which is less than 5 kms away from Shanka.

There are no private or government senior secondary schools in the village. However, there is a private senior secondary school in Hassan, which is 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

Colleges in Shanka

There are no private or government arts and science degree colleges in the village. However, there is a private arts and science degree college in Hassan, which is 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

There are no private or government engineering colleges in the village. However, there is a private engineering college in Hassan, which is 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

There are no private or government medical colleges in the village. However, there is a private medical college in Hassan, which is 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

There are no private or government management institutes in the village. However, there is a government management institute in Hassan, which is 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

There are no private or government polytechnic institutes in the village. However, there is a private polytechnic institute in Hassan, which is 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

Other Educational Facilities in Shanka

There are no private or government vocational training school / ITIs in the village. However, there is a private vocational training school / ITI in Hassan, which is 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

There are no private or government non formal training centres in the village. However, there is a private non formal training centre in Hassan, which is 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

There are no private or government differently abled schools in the village. However, there is a private differently abled school in Hassan, which is 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

Healthcare Facilities in Shanka

There is a community health centre 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

There is a primary health centre less than 5 kms away from Shanka.

There is a primary health sub-centre less than 5 kms away from Shanka.

There is a maternity and child welfare centre less than 5 kms away from Shanka.

There is a TB clinic less than 5 kms away from Shanka.

There is a allopathic hospital 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

There is a alternative medicine hospital 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

There is a dispensary 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

There is a veterinary hospital 5-10 kms away from Shanka.

There is a mobile health centre more than 10 kms away from Shanka.

There is a family welfare centre less than 5 kms away from Shanka.

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