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Hiregowja Population - Chikmagalur, Karnataka

Hiregowja is a medium size village located in Chikmagalur Taluka of Chikmagalur district, Karnataka with total 367 families residing. The Hiregowja village has population of 1472 of which 738 are males while 734 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hiregowja village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 9.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hiregowja village is 995 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Hiregowja as per census is 904, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Hiregowja village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Hiregowja village was 80.35 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Hiregowja Male literacy stands at 87.22 % while female literacy rate was 73.50 %.

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

Hiregowja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 367 - -
Population 1,472 738 734
Child (0-6) 139 73 66
Schedule Caste 629 318 311
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 80.35 % 87.22 % 73.50 %
Total Workers 674 478 196
Main Worker 405 - -
Marginal Worker 269 148 121

Caste Factor

In Hiregowja village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.73 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.34 % of total population in Hiregowja village.

Work Profile

In Hiregowja village out of total population, 674 were engaged in work activities. 60.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 674 workers engaged in Main Work, 332 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.