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Shimpe Population - Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Shimpe is a large village located in Shahuwadi Taluka of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra with total 456 families residing. The Shimpe village has population of 2235 of which 1137 are males while 1098 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shimpe village population of children with age 0-6 is 243 which makes up 10.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shimpe village is 966 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Shimpe as per census is 841, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Shimpe village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Shimpe village was 80.22 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Shimpe Male literacy stands at 84.98 % while female literacy rate was 75.38 %.

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

Shimpe Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 456 - -
Population 2,235 1,137 1,098
Child (0-6) 243 132 111
Schedule Caste 357 177 180
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.22 % 84.98 % 75.38 %
Total Workers 1,380 711 669
Main Worker 1,342 - -
Marginal Worker 38 21 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.97 % of total population in Shimpe village. The village Shimpe currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shimpe village out of total population, 1380 were engaged in work activities. 97.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1380 workers engaged in Main Work, 1153 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.