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Kerur Population - Bijapur, Karnataka

Kerur is a medium size village located in Sindgi Taluka of Bijapur district, Karnataka with total 268 families residing. The Kerur village has population of 1463 of which 747 are males while 716 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerur village population of children with age 0-6 is 234 which makes up 15.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerur village is 959 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerur as per census is 1108, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Kerur village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerur village was 55.66 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kerur Male literacy stands at 67.92 % while female literacy rate was 42.50 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kerur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kerur village.

Kerur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 268 - -
Population 1,463 747 716
Child (0-6) 234 111 123
Schedule Caste 257 125 132
Schedule Tribe 8 5 3
Literacy 55.66 % 67.92 % 42.50 %
Total Workers 446 352 94
Main Worker 422 - -
Marginal Worker 24 9 15

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.57 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.55 % of total population in Kerur village.

Work Profile

In Kerur village out of total population, 446 were engaged in work activities. 94.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 446 workers engaged in Main Work, 207 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 191 were Agricultural labourer.