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Balur Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Balur is a medium size village located in Hosanagara Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 230 families residing. The Balur village has population of 1033 of which 514 are males while 519 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balur village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 11.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balur village is 1010 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Balur as per census is 859, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Balur village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Balur village was 81.51 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Balur Male literacy stands at 89.33 % while female literacy rate was 73.92 %.

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

Balur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 230 - -
Population 1,033 514 519
Child (0-6) 119 64 55
Schedule Caste 34 16 18
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.51 % 89.33 % 73.92 %
Total Workers 435 275 160
Main Worker 407 - -
Marginal Worker 28 7 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.29 % of total population in Balur village. The village Balur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balur village out of total population, 435 were engaged in work activities. 93.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 435 workers engaged in Main Work, 233 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.