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Vatagaru Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Vatagaru is a medium size village located in Tirthahalli Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 60 families residing. The Vatagaru village has population of 255 of which 125 are males while 130 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vatagaru village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 10.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vatagaru village is 1040 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Vatagaru as per census is 1077, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Vatagaru village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Vatagaru village was 66.67 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Vatagaru Male literacy stands at 70.54 % while female literacy rate was 62.93 %.

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

Vatagaru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 60 - -
Population 255 125 130
Child (0-6) 27 13 14
Schedule Caste 5 2 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.67 % 70.54 % 62.93 %
Total Workers 166 87 79
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 45 0 45

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.96 % of total population in Vatagaru village. The village Vatagaru currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Vatagaru village out of total population, 166 were engaged in work activities. 72.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 166 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.