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Herur Population - Tumkur, Karnataka

Herur is a medium size village located in Kunigal Taluka of Tumkur district, Karnataka with total 384 families residing. The Herur village has population of 1519 of which 778 are males while 741 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Herur village population of children with age 0-6 is 149 which makes up 9.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Herur village is 952 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Herur as per census is 886, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Herur village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Herur village was 65.40 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Herur Male literacy stands at 71.96 % while female literacy rate was 58.57 %.

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

Herur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 384 - -
Population 1,519 778 741
Child (0-6) 149 79 70
Schedule Caste 264 133 131
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.40 % 71.96 % 58.57 %
Total Workers 700 482 218
Main Worker 655 - -
Marginal Worker 45 16 29

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.38 % of total population in Herur village. The village Herur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Herur village out of total population, 700 were engaged in work activities. 93.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 700 workers engaged in Main Work, 194 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 291 were Agricultural labourer.