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Kalkere Population - Chikmagalur, Karnataka

Kalkere is a medium size village located in Kadur Taluka of Chikmagalur district, Karnataka with total 455 families residing. The Kalkere village has population of 1954 of which 962 are males while 992 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalkere village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 9.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalkere village is 1031 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalkere as per census is 1080, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Kalkere village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalkere village was 72.39 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kalkere Male literacy stands at 79.98 % while female literacy rate was 64.99 %.

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

Kalkere Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 455 - -
Population 1,954 962 992
Child (0-6) 183 88 95
Schedule Caste 575 279 296
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.39 % 79.98 % 64.99 %
Total Workers 1,025 656 369
Main Worker 445 - -
Marginal Worker 580 273 307

Caste Factor

Kalkere village of Chikmagalur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.43 % of total population in Kalkere village. The village Kalkere currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kalkere village out of total population, 1025 were engaged in work activities. 43.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1025 workers engaged in Main Work, 303 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.