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Salkani Population - Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

Salkani is a medium size village located in Sirsi Taluka of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka with total 61 families residing. The Salkani village has population of 316 of which 182 are males while 134 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salkani village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 6.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salkani village is 736 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Salkani as per census is 667, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Salkani village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Salkani village was 92.57 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Salkani Male literacy stands at 94.71 % while female literacy rate was 89.68 %.

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

Salkani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 61 - -
Population 316 182 134
Child (0-6) 20 12 8
Schedule Caste 5 4 1
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.57 % 94.71 % 89.68 %
Total Workers 127 98 29
Main Worker 127 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.58 % of total population in Salkani village. The village Salkani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salkani village out of total population, 127 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 127 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.