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Salige Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Salige is a medium size village located in Sorab Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 249 families residing. The Salige village has population of 1036 of which 527 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salige village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 11.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salige village is 966 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Salige as per census is 813, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Salige village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Salige village was 70.11 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Salige Male literacy stands at 76.89 % while female literacy rate was 63.24 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Salige 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 Salige village.

Salige Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 249 - -
Population 1,036 527 509
Child (0-6) 116 64 52
Schedule Caste 401 201 200
Schedule Tribe 10 5 5
Literacy 70.11 % 76.89 % 63.24 %
Total Workers 525 340 185
Main Worker 471 - -
Marginal Worker 54 10 44

Caste Factor

In Salige village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.71 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.97 % of total population in Salige village.

Work Profile

In Salige village out of total population, 525 were engaged in work activities. 89.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 525 workers engaged in Main Work, 80 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 165 were Agricultural labourer.