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Kaniyar Population - Hassan, Karnataka

Kaniyar is a medium size village located in Arkalgud Taluka of Hassan district, Karnataka with total 243 families residing. The Kaniyar village has population of 1164 of which 589 are males while 575 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kaniyar village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 10.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kaniyar village is 976 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kaniyar as per census is 1107, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Kaniyar village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kaniyar village was 70.17 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kaniyar Male literacy stands at 79.55 % while female literacy rate was 60.43 %.

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

Kaniyar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 243 - -
Population 1,164 589 575
Child (0-6) 118 56 62
Schedule Caste 483 237 246
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 70.17 % 79.55 % 60.43 %
Total Workers 534 369 165
Main Worker 513 - -
Marginal Worker 21 8 13

Caste Factor

In Kaniyar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.49 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.17 % of total population in Kaniyar village.

Work Profile

In Kaniyar village out of total population, 534 were engaged in work activities. 96.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 534 workers engaged in Main Work, 183 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 190 were Agricultural labourer.