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Shirur Population - Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

Shirur is a medium size village located in Ankola Taluka of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka with total 360 families residing. The Shirur village has population of 1624 of which 801 are males while 823 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shirur village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 9.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shirur village is 1027 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Shirur as per census is 940, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Shirur village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Shirur village was 73.68 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Shirur Male literacy stands at 85.65 % while female literacy rate was 62.15 %.

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

Shirur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 360 - -
Population 1,624 801 823
Child (0-6) 161 83 78
Schedule Caste 55 29 26
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.68 % 85.65 % 62.15 %
Total Workers 1,010 565 445
Main Worker 709 - -
Marginal Worker 301 113 188

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.39 % of total population in Shirur village. The village Shirur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shirur village out of total population, 1010 were engaged in work activities. 70.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1010 workers engaged in Main Work, 212 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 326 were Agricultural labourer.