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Kathavai Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Kathavai is a medium size village located in Sorab Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 59 families residing. The Kathavai village has population of 236 of which 109 are males while 127 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kathavai village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 8.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kathavai village is 1165 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kathavai as per census is 1500, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Kathavai village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kathavai village was 85.19 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kathavai Male literacy stands at 92.08 % while female literacy rate was 79.13 %.

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

Kathavai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 59 - -
Population 236 109 127
Child (0-6) 20 8 12
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.19 % 92.08 % 79.13 %
Total Workers 135 75 60
Main Worker 133 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kathavai village of Shimoga district.

Work Profile

In Kathavai village out of total population, 135 were engaged in work activities. 98.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 135 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 72 were Agricultural labourer.