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Nyarshi Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Nyarshi is a medium size village located in Sorab Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 359 families residing. The Nyarshi village has population of 1540 of which 786 are males while 754 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nyarshi village population of children with age 0-6 is 182 which makes up 11.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nyarshi village is 959 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Nyarshi as per census is 896, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Nyarshi village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Nyarshi village was 78.65 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Nyarshi Male literacy stands at 89.13 % while female literacy rate was 67.81 %.

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

Nyarshi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 359 - -
Population 1,540 786 754
Child (0-6) 182 96 86
Schedule Caste 218 114 104
Schedule Tribe 15 9 6
Literacy 78.65 % 89.13 % 67.81 %
Total Workers 815 513 302
Main Worker 648 - -
Marginal Worker 167 68 99

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.16 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.97 % of total population in Nyarshi village.

Work Profile

In Nyarshi village out of total population, 815 were engaged in work activities. 79.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 815 workers engaged in Main Work, 251 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 357 were Agricultural labourer.