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Kerehithalu Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Kerehithalu is a medium size village located in Sagar Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 84 families residing. The Kerehithalu village has population of 380 of which 192 are males while 188 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerehithalu village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 10.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerehithalu village is 979 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerehithalu as per census is 1563, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Kerehithalu village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerehithalu village was 71.09 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kerehithalu Male literacy stands at 78.41 % while female literacy rate was 63.19 %.

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

Kerehithalu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 380 192 188
Child (0-6) 41 16 25
Schedule Caste 107 49 58
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.09 % 78.41 % 63.19 %
Total Workers 152 120 32
Main Worker 123 - -
Marginal Worker 29 12 17

Caste Factor

Kerehithalu village of Shimoga has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.16 % of total population in Kerehithalu village. The village Kerehithalu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kerehithalu village out of total population, 152 were engaged in work activities. 80.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 152 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.