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Hiremagadi Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Hiremagadi is a medium size village located in Sorab Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 353 families residing. The Hiremagadi village has population of 1707 of which 811 are males while 896 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hiremagadi village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 9.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hiremagadi village is 1105 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Hiremagadi as per census is 1078, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Hiremagadi village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Hiremagadi village was 74.40 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Hiremagadi Male literacy stands at 79.29 % while female literacy rate was 69.99 %.

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

Hiremagadi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 353 - -
Population 1,707 811 896
Child (0-6) 160 77 83
Schedule Caste 1,281 609 672
Schedule Tribe 20 3 17
Literacy 74.40 % 79.29 % 69.99 %
Total Workers 522 451 71
Main Worker 412 - -
Marginal Worker 110 80 30

Caste Factor

In Hiremagadi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 75.04 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.17 % of total population in Hiremagadi village.

Work Profile

In Hiremagadi village out of total population, 522 were engaged in work activities. 78.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 522 workers engaged in Main Work, 221 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 139 were Agricultural labourer.