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Kanike Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Kanike is a small village located in Sagar Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 28 families residing. The Kanike village has population of 163 of which 83 are males while 80 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanike village population of children with age 0-6 is 14 which makes up 8.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanike village is 964 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanike as per census is 556, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Kanike village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanike village was 69.80 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kanike Male literacy stands at 78.38 % while female literacy rate was 61.33 %.

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

Kanike Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 28 - -
Population 163 83 80
Child (0-6) 14 9 5
Schedule Caste 9 5 4
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.80 % 78.38 % 61.33 %
Total Workers 62 48 14
Main Worker 57 - -
Marginal Worker 5 3 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.52 % of total population in Kanike village. The village Kanike currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanike village out of total population, 62 were engaged in work activities. 91.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 62 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.