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Pura Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Pura is a medium size village located in Sorab Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 111 families residing. The Pura village has population of 493 of which 250 are males while 243 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pura village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 13.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pura village is 972 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Pura as per census is 789, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Pura village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Pura village was 68.47 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Pura Male literacy stands at 80.19 % while female literacy rate was 56.81 %.

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 111 - -
Population 493 250 243
Child (0-6) 68 38 30
Schedule Caste 146 79 67
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.47 % 80.19 % 56.81 %
Total Workers 391 199 192
Main Worker 312 - -
Marginal Worker 79 45 34

Caste Factor

Pura village of Shimoga has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.61 % 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, 391 were engaged in work activities. 79.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 391 workers engaged in Main Work, 266 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.