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Nirgan Population - Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

Nirgan is a medium size village located in Siddapur Taluka of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka with total 87 families residing. The Nirgan village has population of 392 of which 200 are males while 192 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nirgan village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 8.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nirgan village is 960 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Nirgan as per census is 1188, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Nirgan village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Nirgan village was 82.35 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Nirgan Male literacy stands at 87.50 % while female literacy rate was 76.88 %.

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

Nirgan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 87 - -
Population 392 200 192
Child (0-6) 35 16 19
Schedule Caste 16 10 6
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.35 % 87.50 % 76.88 %
Total Workers 155 130 25
Main Worker 141 - -
Marginal Worker 14 4 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.08 % of total population in Nirgan village. The village Nirgan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nirgan village out of total population, 155 were engaged in work activities. 90.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 155 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.