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Kalmakaru Population - Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka

Kalmakaru is a medium size village located in Sulya Taluka of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka with total 297 families residing. The Kalmakaru village has population of 1167 of which 592 are males while 575 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalmakaru village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 9.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalmakaru village is 971 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalmakaru as per census is 845, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Kalmakaru village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalmakaru village was 85.19 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kalmakaru Male literacy stands at 88.95 % while female literacy rate was 81.37 %.

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

Kalmakaru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 297 - -
Population 1,167 592 575
Child (0-6) 107 58 49
Schedule Caste 122 65 57
Schedule Tribe 35 14 21
Literacy 85.19 % 88.95 % 81.37 %
Total Workers 659 413 246
Main Worker 615 - -
Marginal Worker 44 22 22

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.45 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.00 % of total population in Kalmakaru village.

Work Profile

In Kalmakaru village out of total population, 659 were engaged in work activities. 93.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 659 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.