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Kadekal Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Kadekal is a medium size village located in Shimoga Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 332 families residing. The Kadekal village has population of 1626 of which 835 are males while 791 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kadekal village population of children with age 0-6 is 222 which makes up 13.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kadekal village is 947 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kadekal as per census is 776, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Kadekal village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kadekal village was 85.54 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kadekal Male literacy stands at 90.14 % while female literacy rate was 80.84 %.

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

Kadekal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 332 - -
Population 1,626 835 791
Child (0-6) 222 125 97
Schedule Caste 360 189 171
Schedule Tribe 20 8 12
Literacy 85.54 % 90.14 % 80.84 %
Total Workers 648 505 143
Main Worker 634 - -
Marginal Worker 14 8 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.14 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.23 % of total population in Kadekal village.

Work Profile

In Kadekal village out of total population, 648 were engaged in work activities. 97.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 648 workers engaged in Main Work, 155 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 266 were Agricultural labourer.