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Kanakur Population - Tumkur, Karnataka

Kanakur is a medium size village located in Turuvekere Taluka of Tumkur district, Karnataka with total 140 families residing. The Kanakur village has population of 499 of which 241 are males while 258 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanakur village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 9.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanakur village is 1071 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanakur as per census is 808, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Kanakur village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanakur village was 65.93 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kanakur Male literacy stands at 79.53 % while female literacy rate was 53.59 %.

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

Kanakur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 140 - -
Population 499 241 258
Child (0-6) 47 26 21
Schedule Caste 22 10 12
Schedule Tribe 4 3 1
Literacy 65.93 % 79.53 % 53.59 %
Total Workers 311 170 141
Main Worker 293 - -
Marginal Worker 18 3 15

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.41 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.80 % of total population in Kanakur village.

Work Profile

In Kanakur village out of total population, 311 were engaged in work activities. 94.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 311 workers engaged in Main Work, 249 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.