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Altur Population - Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Altur is a medium size village located in Shahuwadi Taluka of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra with total 342 families residing. The Altur village has population of 1591 of which 778 are males while 813 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Altur village population of children with age 0-6 is 219 which makes up 13.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Altur village is 1045 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Altur as per census is 1086, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Altur village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Altur village was 55.98 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Altur Male literacy stands at 66.72 % while female literacy rate was 45.64 %.

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

Altur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 342 - -
Population 1,591 778 813
Child (0-6) 219 105 114
Schedule Caste 126 62 64
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.98 % 66.72 % 45.64 %
Total Workers 995 485 510
Main Worker 883 - -
Marginal Worker 112 53 59

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.92 % of total population in Altur village. The village Altur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Altur village out of total population, 995 were engaged in work activities. 88.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 995 workers engaged in Main Work, 619 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 157 were Agricultural labourer.