Shimoga is a City Municipal Council city in district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Shimoga city is divided into 35 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Shimoga City Municipal Council has population of 322,650 of which 162,018 are males while 160,632 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 32691 which is 10.13 % of total population of Shimoga (CMC). In Shimoga City Municipal Council, Female Sex Ratio is of 991 against state average of 973. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Shimoga is around 960 compared to Karnataka state average of 948. Literacy rate of Shimoga city is 87.78 % higher than state average of 75.36 %. In Shimoga, Male literacy is around 90.80 % while female literacy rate is 84.75 %.
Shimoga City Municipal Council has total administration over 76,009 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within City Municipal Council limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Shimoga 2023 - 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Shimoga City Municipal Council in 2024 is approximately
456,000.
The schedule census of 2021 for Shimoga city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Shimoga city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Shimoga town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Shimoga Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.63 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.85 % of total population in Shimoga (CMC).
Shimoga Work Profile
Out of total population, 118,308 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 93,416 were males while 24,892 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 118308 working population, 93.79 % were engaged in Main Work while 6.21 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.