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Handigona Population - Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

Handigona is a medium size village located in Kumta Taluka of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka with total 313 families residing. The Handigona village has population of 1281 of which 646 are males while 635 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Handigona village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 7.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Handigona village is 983 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Handigona as per census is 736, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Handigona village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Handigona village was 87.30 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Handigona Male literacy stands at 94.10 % while female literacy rate was 80.54 %.

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

Handigona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 313 - -
Population 1,281 646 635
Child (0-6) 92 53 39
Schedule Caste 437 217 220
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.30 % 94.10 % 80.54 %
Total Workers 538 365 173
Main Worker 527 - -
Marginal Worker 11 5 6

Caste Factor

Handigona village of Uttara Kannada has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.11 % of total population in Handigona village. The village Handigona currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Handigona village out of total population, 538 were engaged in work activities. 97.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 538 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 246 were Agricultural labourer.