Alanthaya is a medium size village located in Puttur Taluka of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka with total 230 families residing. The Alanthaya village has population of 1056 of which 514 are males while 542 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Alanthaya village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 8.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Alanthaya village is 1054 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Alanthaya as per census is 1091, higher than Karnataka average of 948.
Alanthaya village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Alanthaya village was 78.63 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Alanthaya Male literacy stands at 86.17 % while female literacy rate was 71.46 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Alanthaya 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 Alanthaya village.
Alanthaya Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
230 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,056 |
514 |
542 |
| Child (0-6) |
92 |
44 |
48 |
| Schedule Caste |
127 |
70 |
57 |
| Schedule Tribe |
347 |
162 |
185 |
| Literacy |
78.63 % |
86.17 % |
71.46 % |
| Total Workers |
642 |
363 |
279 |
| Main Worker |
613 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
29 |
13 |
16 |
Caste Factor
Alanthaya village of Dakshina Kannada has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST).
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 32.86 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.03 % of total population in Alanthaya village.
Work Profile
In Alanthaya village out of total population, 642 were engaged in work activities. 95.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 642 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 82 were Agricultural labourer.