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Kalkere Population - Tumkur, Karnataka

Kalkere is a medium size village located in Turuvekere Taluka of Tumkur district, Karnataka with total 325 families residing. The Kalkere village has population of 1242 of which 633 are males while 609 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalkere village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 9.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalkere village is 962 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalkere as per census is 984, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Kalkere village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalkere village was 69.31 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kalkere Male literacy stands at 78.85 % while female literacy rate was 59.38 %.

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 325 - -
Population 1,242 633 609
Child (0-6) 121 61 60
Schedule Caste 201 92 109
Schedule Tribe 36 19 17
Literacy 69.31 % 78.85 % 59.38 %
Total Workers 608 393 215
Main Worker 362 - -
Marginal Worker 246 143 103

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.18 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.90 % of total population in Kalkere village.

Work Profile

In Kalkere village out of total population, 608 were engaged in work activities. 59.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 608 workers engaged in Main Work, 224 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 81 were Agricultural labourer.