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Bennuru Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Bennuru is a medium size village located in Sorab Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 227 families residing. The Bennuru village has population of 920 of which 482 are males while 438 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bennuru village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 11.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bennuru village is 909 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Bennuru as per census is 1146, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Bennuru village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Bennuru village was 81.03 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Bennuru Male literacy stands at 86.87 % while female literacy rate was 74.41 %.

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

Bennuru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 227 - -
Population 920 482 438
Child (0-6) 103 48 55
Schedule Caste 204 109 95
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.03 % 86.87 % 74.41 %
Total Workers 497 309 188
Main Worker 301 - -
Marginal Worker 196 44 152

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.17 % of total population in Bennuru village. The village Bennuru currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bennuru village out of total population, 497 were engaged in work activities. 60.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 497 workers engaged in Main Work, 249 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.