Shanka, Hassan

Shanka is a village located in the Hassan Taluk of Hassan district of Karnataka. The village falls in Hassan block and comes under Salagame Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Hassan parliament constituency and Hassan assembly constituency.

As on November 2024, the current population of Shanka is 1.2 thousands out of which 626 are males and rest 581 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 928 females per 1000 males. There are around 114 teenagers in Shanka. It has literacy rate of 69% which means around 830 persons can read and write. Total 265 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 271 households in Shanka, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 568. The pincode of Shanka is 573219 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Salagame Sub Post office
• Kadaga Branch Post office
• Kudrugundi Branch Post office
• Nittur Branch Post office
• Shanka Branch Post office

Schools

Shanka has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Govt Higher Primary School Shanka
• Govt Urdu Lower Primary School Shanka

Hospitals

Shanka has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Doddakondagola Sub-Center
• Salagame (24x7) Primary Health Center
• Yalagunda Sub-Center
• Salagame-B Sub-Center
• Dyavalapura Sub-Center