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Gerukoppa Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Gerukoppa is a medium size village located in Sorab Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 49 families residing. The Gerukoppa village has population of 260 of which 129 are males while 131 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gerukoppa village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 13.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gerukoppa village is 1016 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Gerukoppa as per census is 1833, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Gerukoppa village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Gerukoppa village was 84.51 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Gerukoppa Male literacy stands at 88.89 % while female literacy rate was 79.82 %.

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

Gerukoppa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 49 - -
Population 260 129 131
Child (0-6) 34 12 22
Schedule Caste 29 13 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.51 % 88.89 % 79.82 %
Total Workers 113 90 23
Main Worker 91 - -
Marginal Worker 22 7 15

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.15 % of total population in Gerukoppa village. The village Gerukoppa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gerukoppa village out of total population, 113 were engaged in work activities. 80.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 113 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.