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Kastur Population - Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

Kastur is a medium size village located in Siddapur Taluka of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka with total 74 families residing. The Kastur village has population of 344 of which 163 are males while 181 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kastur village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 11.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kastur village is 1110 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kastur as per census is 857, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Kastur village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kastur village was 68.20 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kastur Male literacy stands at 73.94 % while female literacy rate was 63.19 %.

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

Kastur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 344 163 181
Child (0-6) 39 21 18
Schedule Caste 16 8 8
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.20 % 73.94 % 63.19 %
Total Workers 203 94 109
Main Worker 109 - -
Marginal Worker 94 3 91

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.65 % of total population in Kastur village. The village Kastur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kastur village out of total population, 203 were engaged in work activities. 53.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 203 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.