Metikurke Population - Chitradurga, Karnataka

Metikurke is a medium size village located in Hiriyur Taluka of Chitradurga district, Karnataka with total 460 families residing. The Metikurke village has population of 1976 of which 993 are males while 983 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Metikurke village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 9.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Metikurke village is 990 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Metikurke as per census is 828, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Metikurke village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Metikurke village was 74.82 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Metikurke Male literacy stands at 84.34 % while female literacy rate was 65.37 %.

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

Metikurke Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	460	-	-
Population	1,976	993	983
Child (0-6)	181	99	82
Schedule Caste	786	416	370
Schedule Tribe	450	217	233
Literacy	74.82 %	84.34 %	65.37 %
Total Workers	1,064	584	480
Main Worker	610	-	-
Marginal Worker	454	195	259

Caste Factor

In Metikurke village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.78 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 22.77 % of total population in Metikurke village.

Work Profile

In Metikurke village out of total population, 1064 were engaged in work activities. 57.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1064 workers engaged in Main Work, 148 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 269 were Agricultural labourer.