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Kerwad Population - Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

Kerwad is a medium size village located in Haliyal Taluka of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka with total 297 families residing. The Kerwad village has population of 1362 of which 676 are males while 686 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerwad village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 13.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerwad village is 1015 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerwad as per census is 917, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Kerwad village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerwad village was 65.53 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kerwad Male literacy stands at 75.00 % while female literacy rate was 56.35 %.

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

Kerwad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 297 - -
Population 1,362 676 686
Child (0-6) 184 96 88
Schedule Caste 297 154 143
Schedule Tribe 41 17 24
Literacy 65.53 % 75.00 % 56.35 %
Total Workers 688 399 289
Main Worker 649 - -
Marginal Worker 39 16 23

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.81 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.01 % of total population in Kerwad village.

Work Profile

In Kerwad village out of total population, 688 were engaged in work activities. 94.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 688 workers engaged in Main Work, 280 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 179 were Agricultural labourer.