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Gunjanur Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Gunjanur is a medium size village located in Sorab Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 262 families residing. The Gunjanur village has population of 1062 of which 548 are males while 514 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gunjanur village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 11.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gunjanur village is 938 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Gunjanur as per census is 868, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Gunjanur village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Gunjanur village was 74.76 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Gunjanur Male literacy stands at 80.83 % while female literacy rate was 68.35 %.

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

Gunjanur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 262 - -
Population 1,062 548 514
Child (0-6) 127 68 59
Schedule Caste 228 117 111
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 74.76 % 80.83 % 68.35 %
Total Workers 538 357 181
Main Worker 526 - -
Marginal Worker 12 9 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.47 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.09 % of total population in Gunjanur village.

Work Profile

In Gunjanur village out of total population, 538 were engaged in work activities. 97.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 538 workers engaged in Main Work, 286 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 212 were Agricultural labourer.