Kekkar is a medium size village located in Honavar Taluka of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka with total 372 families residing. The Kekkar village has population of 1510 of which 748 are males while 762 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Kekkar village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 9.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kekkar village is 1019 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kekkar as per census is 1172, higher than Karnataka average of 948.
Kekkar village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kekkar village was 74.40 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kekkar Male literacy stands at 80.99 % while female literacy rate was 67.83 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kekkar 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 Kekkar village.
Kekkar Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
372 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,510 |
748 |
762 |
| Child (0-6) |
139 |
64 |
75 |
| Schedule Caste |
257 |
128 |
129 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
74.40 % |
80.99 % |
67.83 % |
| Total Workers |
855 |
510 |
345 |
| Main Worker |
691 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
164 |
35 |
129 |
Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.02 % of total population in Kekkar village.
The village Kekkar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Kekkar village out of total population, 855 were engaged in work activities. 80.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 855 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.