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Kotta Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Kotta is a medium size village located in Shikarpur Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 133 families residing. The Kotta village has population of 693 of which 346 are males while 347 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kotta village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 11.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kotta village is 1003 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kotta as per census is 1050, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Kotta village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kotta village was 71.19 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kotta Male literacy stands at 75.82 % while female literacy rate was 66.56 %.

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

Kotta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 133 - -
Population 693 346 347
Child (0-6) 82 40 42
Schedule Caste 17 9 8
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.19 % 75.82 % 66.56 %
Total Workers 286 225 61
Main Worker 242 - -
Marginal Worker 44 12 32

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.45 % of total population in Kotta village. The village Kotta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kotta village out of total population, 286 were engaged in work activities. 84.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 286 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 74 were Agricultural labourer.