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Gowrasamudra Population - Chitradurga, Karnataka

Gowrasamudra is a large village located in Challakere Taluka of Chitradurga district, Karnataka with total 519 families residing. The Gowrasamudra village has population of 2674 of which 1352 are males while 1322 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gowrasamudra village population of children with age 0-6 is 340 which makes up 12.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gowrasamudra village is 978 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Gowrasamudra as per census is 735, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Gowrasamudra village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Gowrasamudra village was 62.30 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Gowrasamudra Male literacy stands at 75.87 % while female literacy rate was 48.98 %.

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

Gowrasamudra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 519 - -
Population 2,674 1,352 1,322
Child (0-6) 340 196 144
Schedule Caste 482 262 220
Schedule Tribe 1,771 887 884
Literacy 62.30 % 75.87 % 48.98 %
Total Workers 1,560 805 755
Main Worker 1,464 - -
Marginal Worker 96 53 43

Caste Factor

In Gowrasamudra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 66.23 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 18.03 % of total population in Gowrasamudra village.

Work Profile

In Gowrasamudra village out of total population, 1560 were engaged in work activities. 93.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1560 workers engaged in Main Work, 553 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 680 were Agricultural labourer.