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Balegundi Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Balegundi is a medium size village located in Sagar Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 100 families residing. The Balegundi village has population of 415 of which 202 are males while 213 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balegundi village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 11.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balegundi village is 1054 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Balegundi as per census is 1350, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Balegundi village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Balegundi village was 73.64 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Balegundi Male literacy stands at 81.87 % while female literacy rate was 65.59 %.

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

Balegundi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 100 - -
Population 415 202 213
Child (0-6) 47 20 27
Schedule Caste 7 2 5
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.64 % 81.87 % 65.59 %
Total Workers 169 125 44
Main Worker 136 - -
Marginal Worker 33 6 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.69 % of total population in Balegundi village. The village Balegundi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balegundi village out of total population, 169 were engaged in work activities. 80.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 169 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.