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Yerekatte Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Yerekatte is a medium size village located in Shikarpur Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 98 families residing. The Yerekatte village has population of 481 of which 260 are males while 221 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Yerekatte village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 16.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Yerekatte village is 850 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Yerekatte as per census is 750, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Yerekatte village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Yerekatte village was 55.20 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Yerekatte Male literacy stands at 63.43 % while female literacy rate was 45.74 %.

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

Yerekatte Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 481 260 221
Child (0-6) 77 44 33
Schedule Caste 94 54 40
Schedule Tribe 140 74 66
Literacy 55.20 % 63.43 % 45.74 %
Total Workers 313 162 151
Main Worker 313 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

Yerekatte village of Shimoga has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 29.11 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 19.54 % of total population in Yerekatte village.

Work Profile

In Yerekatte village out of total population, 313 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 313 workers engaged in Main Work, 156 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 130 were Agricultural labourer.