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Gijikatte Population - Chikmagalur, Karnataka

Gijikatte is a medium size village located in Tarikere Taluka of Chikmagalur district, Karnataka with total 86 families residing. The Gijikatte village has population of 350 of which 177 are males while 173 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gijikatte village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 7.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gijikatte village is 977 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Gijikatte as per census is 1000, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Gijikatte village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Gijikatte village was 86.42 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Gijikatte Male literacy stands at 91.46 % while female literacy rate was 81.25 %.

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

Gijikatte Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 86 - -
Population 350 177 173
Child (0-6) 26 13 13
Schedule Caste 11 7 4
Schedule Tribe 51 27 24
Literacy 86.42 % 91.46 % 81.25 %
Total Workers 222 118 104
Main Worker 189 - -
Marginal Worker 33 16 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 14.57 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.14 % of total population in Gijikatte village.

Work Profile

In Gijikatte village out of total population, 222 were engaged in work activities. 85.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 222 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.