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Karikal Population - Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

Karikal is a medium size village located in Bhatkal Taluka of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka with total 218 families residing. The Karikal village has population of 1042 of which 522 are males while 520 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karikal village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 7.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karikal village is 996 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Karikal as per census is 818, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Karikal village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Karikal village was 85.65 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Karikal Male literacy stands at 95.40 % while female literacy rate was 76.03 %.

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

Karikal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 218 - -
Population 1,042 522 520
Child (0-6) 80 44 36
Schedule Caste 489 251 238
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.65 % 95.40 % 76.03 %
Total Workers 454 311 143
Main Worker 446 - -
Marginal Worker 8 3 5

Caste Factor

In Karikal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.93 % of total population in Karikal village. The village Karikal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karikal village out of total population, 454 were engaged in work activities. 98.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 454 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.