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Shankarapura Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Shankarapura is a medium size village located in Tirthahalli Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 301 families residing. The Shankarapura village has population of 1225 of which 613 are males while 612 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarapura village population of children with age 0-6 is 108 which makes up 8.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarapura village is 998 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarapura as per census is 688, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Shankarapura village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarapura village was 71.62 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Shankarapura Male literacy stands at 79.96 % while female literacy rate was 63.56 %.

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

Shankarapura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 301 - -
Population 1,225 613 612
Child (0-6) 108 64 44
Schedule Caste 103 44 59
Schedule Tribe 13 4 9
Literacy 71.62 % 79.96 % 63.56 %
Total Workers 592 377 215
Main Worker 446 - -
Marginal Worker 146 71 75

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.41 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.06 % of total population in Shankarapura village.

Work Profile

In Shankarapura village out of total population, 592 were engaged in work activities. 75.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 592 workers engaged in Main Work, 214 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 158 were Agricultural labourer.