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Kengatti Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Kengatti is a medium size village located in Shikarpur Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 270 families residing. The Kengatti village has population of 1232 of which 608 are males while 624 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kengatti village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 15.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kengatti village is 1026 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kengatti as per census is 1214, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Kengatti village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kengatti village was 67.69 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kengatti Male literacy stands at 77.67 % while female literacy rate was 57.66 %.

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

Kengatti Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 270 - -
Population 1,232 608 624
Child (0-6) 186 84 102
Schedule Caste 336 163 173
Schedule Tribe 6 4 2
Literacy 67.69 % 77.67 % 57.66 %
Total Workers 720 391 329
Main Worker 712 - -
Marginal Worker 8 3 5

Caste Factor

Kengatti village of Shimoga has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.27 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.49 % of total population in Kengatti village.

Work Profile

In Kengatti village out of total population, 720 were engaged in work activities. 98.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 720 workers engaged in Main Work, 249 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 416 were Agricultural labourer.