Punaje, Hosanagara

Punaje is a village located in the Hosanagara Taluk of Shivamogga district of Karnataka. The village falls in Hosanagara block and comes under Maruthipura Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Shivamogga parliament constituency and Sagar assembly constituency.

As on November 2024, the current population of Punaje is 1.3 thousands out of which 670 are males and rest 652 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 973 females per 1000 males. There are around 100 teenagers in Punaje. It has literacy rate of 65% which means around 856 persons can read and write. Total 171 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 274 households in Punaje, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 466. The pincode of Punaje is 577418 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Hosanagar Sub Post office
• Haniya Branch Post office
• Melinabesige Branch Post office
• Nagarakodige Branch Post office
• Sonale Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya Hosanagar
• Vidyabharathi Hps And High School Hosanagar
• Holy Redeemer Higher Primary School Hosanagar
• Ghpgs Hosanagar
• Sri Ramakrishna Primary And English Medium High School Battemallappa

Hospitals

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

• Hosangara A Sub-Center
• Sutta Sub-Center
• Sonale Sub-Center
• Kargadi Sub-Center
• Alagerimandri Sub-Center

Banks

Punaje has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Canara Bank Hosanagar
• Karnataka Bank Hosanagar
• Karnataka Gramin Bank Hosanagara
• Karnataka Gramin Bank Sonale
• Karnataka Gramin Bank Karanagiri