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Basuru Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Basuru is a medium size village located in Sorab Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 228 families residing. The Basuru village has population of 913 of which 467 are males while 446 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basuru village population of children with age 0-6 is 87 which makes up 9.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basuru village is 955 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Basuru as per census is 1122, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Basuru village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Basuru village was 95.64 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Basuru Male literacy stands at 97.42 % while female literacy rate was 93.75 %.

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

Basuru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 228 - -
Population 913 467 446
Child (0-6) 87 41 46
Schedule Caste 148 72 76
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.64 % 97.42 % 93.75 %
Total Workers 436 289 147
Main Worker 358 - -
Marginal Worker 78 34 44

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.21 % of total population in Basuru village. The village Basuru currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basuru village out of total population, 436 were engaged in work activities. 82.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 436 workers engaged in Main Work, 119 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 219 were Agricultural labourer.