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Balagatte Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Balagatte is a medium size village located in Tirthahalli Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 97 families residing. The Balagatte village has population of 389 of which 191 are males while 198 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balagatte village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 5.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balagatte village is 1037 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Balagatte as per census is 1091, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Balagatte village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Balagatte village was 78.14 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Balagatte Male literacy stands at 86.11 % while female literacy rate was 70.43 %.

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

Balagatte Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 97 - -
Population 389 191 198
Child (0-6) 23 11 12
Schedule Caste 42 26 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.14 % 86.11 % 70.43 %
Total Workers 244 139 105
Main Worker 209 - -
Marginal Worker 35 13 22

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.80 % of total population in Balagatte village. The village Balagatte currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balagatte village out of total population, 244 were engaged in work activities. 85.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 244 workers engaged in Main Work, 108 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.