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Urkeri Population - Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

Urkeri is a medium size village located in Kumta Taluka of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka with total 205 families residing. The Urkeri village has population of 877 of which 428 are males while 449 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Urkeri village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 8.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Urkeri village is 1049 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Urkeri as per census is 1242, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Urkeri village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Urkeri village was 89.29 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Urkeri Male literacy stands at 93.92 % while female literacy rate was 84.80 %.

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

Urkeri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 205 - -
Population 877 428 449
Child (0-6) 74 33 41
Schedule Caste 152 71 81
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.29 % 93.92 % 84.80 %
Total Workers 270 239 31
Main Worker 229 - -
Marginal Worker 41 36 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.33 % of total population in Urkeri village. The village Urkeri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Urkeri village out of total population, 270 were engaged in work activities. 84.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 270 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 59 were Agricultural labourer.