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Kaniya Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Kaniya is a medium size village located in Shikarpur Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 146 families residing. The Kaniya village has population of 681 of which 345 are males while 336 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kaniya village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 15.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kaniya village is 974 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kaniya as per census is 1239, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Kaniya village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kaniya village was 72.15 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kaniya Male literacy stands at 76.25 % while female literacy rate was 67.74 %.

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

Kaniya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 146 - -
Population 681 345 336
Child (0-6) 103 46 57
Schedule Caste 18 8 10
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 72.15 % 76.25 % 67.74 %
Total Workers 449 249 200
Main Worker 435 - -
Marginal Worker 14 1 13

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.15 % of total population in Kaniya village.

Work Profile

In Kaniya village out of total population, 449 were engaged in work activities. 96.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 449 workers engaged in Main Work, 277 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 138 were Agricultural labourer.