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Besur Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Besur is a medium size village located in Sagar Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 148 families residing. The Besur village has population of 670 of which 320 are males while 350 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Besur village population of children with age 0-6 is 87 which makes up 12.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Besur village is 1094 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Besur as per census is 1351, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Besur village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Besur village was 73.76 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Besur Male literacy stands at 83.75 % while female literacy rate was 64.33 %.

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

Besur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 148 - -
Population 670 320 350
Child (0-6) 87 37 50
Schedule Caste 132 61 71
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.76 % 83.75 % 64.33 %
Total Workers 284 207 77
Main Worker 239 - -
Marginal Worker 45 0 45

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.70 % of total population in Besur village. The village Besur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Besur village out of total population, 284 were engaged in work activities. 84.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 284 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.