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Maleshankara State Forest Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Maleshankara State Forest is a medium size village located in Shimoga Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 113 families residing. The Maleshankara State Forest village has population of 524 of which 254 are males while 270 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maleshankara State Forest village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 8.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maleshankara State Forest village is 1063 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Maleshankara State Forest as per census is 1000, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Maleshankara State Forest village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Maleshankara State Forest village was 81.80 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Maleshankara State Forest Male literacy stands at 87.01 % while female literacy rate was 76.92 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Maleshankara State Forest 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 Maleshankara State Forest village.

Maleshankara State Forest Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 113 - -
Population 524 254 270
Child (0-6) 46 23 23
Schedule Caste 5 2 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.80 % 87.01 % 76.92 %
Total Workers 324 167 157
Main Worker 318 - -
Marginal Worker 6 2 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.95 % of total population in Maleshankara State Forest village. The village Maleshankara State Forest currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maleshankara State Forest village out of total population, 324 were engaged in work activities. 98.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 324 workers engaged in Main Work, 262 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.