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Karpe Population - Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka

Karpe is a medium size village located in Bantval Taluka of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka with total 320 families residing. The Karpe village has population of 1542 of which 753 are males while 789 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karpe village population of children with age 0-6 is 151 which makes up 9.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karpe village is 1048 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Karpe as per census is 736, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Karpe village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Karpe village was 87.35 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Karpe Male literacy stands at 92.04 % while female literacy rate was 83.03 %.

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

Karpe Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 320 - -
Population 1,542 753 789
Child (0-6) 151 87 64
Schedule Caste 18 5 13
Schedule Tribe 187 98 89
Literacy 87.35 % 92.04 % 83.03 %
Total Workers 950 516 434
Main Worker 947 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 12.13 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.17 % of total population in Karpe village.

Work Profile

In Karpe village out of total population, 950 were engaged in work activities. 99.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 950 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 210 were Agricultural labourer.