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Shimanthur Population - Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka

Shimanthur is a medium size village located in Mangalore Taluka of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka with total 368 families residing. The Shimanthur village has population of 1607 of which 773 are males while 834 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shimanthur village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 8.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shimanthur village is 1079 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Shimanthur as per census is 857, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Shimanthur village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Shimanthur village was 89.41 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Shimanthur Male literacy stands at 94.40 % while female literacy rate was 84.90 %.

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

Shimanthur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 368 - -
Population 1,607 773 834
Child (0-6) 143 77 66
Schedule Caste 187 100 87
Schedule Tribe 13 6 7
Literacy 89.41 % 94.40 % 84.90 %
Total Workers 1,051 563 488
Main Worker 377 - -
Marginal Worker 674 344 330

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.81 % of total population in Shimanthur village.

Work Profile

In Shimanthur village out of total population, 1051 were engaged in work activities. 35.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1051 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.