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Bhogi Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Bhogi is a medium size village located in Shikarpur Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 213 families residing. The Bhogi village has population of 1055 of which 534 are males while 521 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhogi village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 15.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhogi village is 976 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhogi as per census is 916, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Bhogi village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhogi village was 71.32 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Bhogi Male literacy stands at 76.50 % while female literacy rate was 66.07 %.

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

Bhogi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 213 - -
Population 1,055 534 521
Child (0-6) 159 83 76
Schedule Caste 576 285 291
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.32 % 76.50 % 66.07 %
Total Workers 537 322 215
Main Worker 406 - -
Marginal Worker 131 23 108

Caste Factor

In Bhogi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.60 % of total population in Bhogi village. The village Bhogi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bhogi village out of total population, 537 were engaged in work activities. 75.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 537 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 268 were Agricultural labourer.