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Kuskuru Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Kuskuru is a medium size village located in Shikarpur Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 321 families residing. The Kuskuru village has population of 1471 of which 721 are males while 750 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kuskuru village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 11.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kuskuru village is 1040 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kuskuru as per census is 1037, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Kuskuru village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kuskuru village was 74.04 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kuskuru Male literacy stands at 81.88 % while female literacy rate was 66.52 %.

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

Kuskuru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 321 - -
Population 1,471 721 750
Child (0-6) 165 81 84
Schedule Caste 537 273 264
Schedule Tribe 67 31 36
Literacy 74.04 % 81.88 % 66.52 %
Total Workers 675 432 243
Main Worker 627 - -
Marginal Worker 48 13 35

Caste Factor

In Kuskuru village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.51 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.55 % of total population in Kuskuru village.

Work Profile

In Kuskuru village out of total population, 675 were engaged in work activities. 92.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 675 workers engaged in Main Work, 268 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 343 were Agricultural labourer.