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Bennuru Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Bennuru is a medium size village located in Sorab Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 300 families residing. The Bennuru village has population of 1216 of which 622 are males while 594 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bennuru village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 9.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bennuru village is 955 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Bennuru as per census is 1196, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Bennuru village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Bennuru village was 79.89 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Bennuru Male literacy stands at 91.42 % while female literacy rate was 67.54 %.

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

Bennuru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 300 - -
Population 1,216 622 594
Child (0-6) 112 51 61
Schedule Caste 229 115 114
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.89 % 91.42 % 67.54 %
Total Workers 846 434 412
Main Worker 354 - -
Marginal Worker 492 83 409

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.83 % of total population in Bennuru village. The village Bennuru currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bennuru village out of total population, 846 were engaged in work activities. 41.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 846 workers engaged in Main Work, 336 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.