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Shankerwadi Population - Gulbarga, Karnataka

Shankerwadi is a medium size village located in Chitapur Taluka of Gulbarga district, Karnataka with total 265 families residing. The Shankerwadi village has population of 1576 of which 797 are males while 779 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankerwadi village population of children with age 0-6 is 253 which makes up 16.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankerwadi village is 977 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankerwadi as per census is 833, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Shankerwadi village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankerwadi village was 61.75 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Shankerwadi Male literacy stands at 75.57 % while female literacy rate was 48.04 %.

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

Shankerwadi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 265 - -
Population 1,576 797 779
Child (0-6) 253 138 115
Schedule Caste 432 227 205
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.75 % 75.57 % 48.04 %
Total Workers 725 425 300
Main Worker 712 - -
Marginal Worker 13 4 9

Caste Factor

Shankerwadi village of Gulbarga has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.41 % of total population in Shankerwadi village. The village Shankerwadi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shankerwadi village out of total population, 725 were engaged in work activities. 98.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 725 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 395 were Agricultural labourer.