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Kelginkeri Population - Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

Kelginkeri is a medium size village located in Sirsi Taluka of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka with total 84 families residing. The Kelginkeri village has population of 385 of which 203 are males while 182 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kelginkeri village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 7.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kelginkeri village is 897 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kelginkeri as per census is 875, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Kelginkeri village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kelginkeri village was 79.44 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kelginkeri Male literacy stands at 81.28 % while female literacy rate was 77.38 %.

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

Kelginkeri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 385 203 182
Child (0-6) 30 16 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 35 21 14
Literacy 79.44 % 81.28 % 77.38 %
Total Workers 265 144 121
Main Worker 209 - -
Marginal Worker 56 6 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 9.09 % of total population in Kelginkeri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kelginkeri village of Uttara Kannada.

Work Profile

In Kelginkeri village out of total population, 265 were engaged in work activities. 78.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 265 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.