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Pura Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Pura is a medium size village located in Sorab Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 90 families residing. The Pura village has population of 400 of which 195 are males while 205 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pura village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 12.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pura village is 1051 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Pura as per census is 1217, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Pura village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Pura village was 79.66 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Pura Male literacy stands at 90.70 % while female literacy rate was 68.93 %.

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

Pura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 90 - -
Population 400 195 205
Child (0-6) 51 23 28
Schedule Caste 15 7 8
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.66 % 90.70 % 68.93 %
Total Workers 240 128 112
Main Worker 193 - -
Marginal Worker 47 4 43

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.75 % of total population in Pura village. The village Pura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pura village out of total population, 240 were engaged in work activities. 80.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 240 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 139 were Agricultural labourer.