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Shirwad Population - Gulbarga, Karnataka

Shirwad is a medium size village located in Afzalpur Taluka of Gulbarga district, Karnataka with total 254 families residing. The Shirwad village has population of 1558 of which 813 are males while 745 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shirwad village population of children with age 0-6 is 238 which makes up 15.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shirwad village is 916 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Shirwad as per census is 859, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Shirwad village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Shirwad village was 59.92 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Shirwad Male literacy stands at 70.51 % while female literacy rate was 48.50 %.

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

Shirwad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 254 - -
Population 1,558 813 745
Child (0-6) 238 128 110
Schedule Caste 420 214 206
Schedule Tribe 59 30 29
Literacy 59.92 % 70.51 % 48.50 %
Total Workers 701 399 302
Main Worker 693 - -
Marginal Worker 8 3 5

Caste Factor

Shirwad village of Gulbarga has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.96 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.79 % of total population in Shirwad village.

Work Profile

In Shirwad village out of total population, 701 were engaged in work activities. 98.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 701 workers engaged in Main Work, 115 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 445 were Agricultural labourer.