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Shirigere Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Shirigere is a medium size village located in Shimoga Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 229 families residing. The Shirigere village has population of 1107 of which 585 are males while 522 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shirigere village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 10.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shirigere village is 892 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Shirigere as per census is 1086, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Shirigere village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Shirigere village was 90.97 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Shirigere Male literacy stands at 94.31 % while female literacy rate was 87.15 %.

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

Shirigere Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 229 - -
Population 1,107 585 522
Child (0-6) 121 58 63
Schedule Caste 457 241 216
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.97 % 94.31 % 87.15 %
Total Workers 438 365 73
Main Worker 433 - -
Marginal Worker 5 4 1

Caste Factor

In Shirigere village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.28 % of total population in Shirigere village. The village Shirigere currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shirigere village out of total population, 438 were engaged in work activities. 98.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 438 workers engaged in Main Work, 133 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 212 were Agricultural labourer.