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Chittur Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Chittur is a medium size village located in Sorab Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 236 families residing. The Chittur village has population of 1130 of which 594 are males while 536 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chittur village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 11.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chittur village is 902 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Chittur as per census is 900, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Chittur village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Chittur village was 78.23 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Chittur Male literacy stands at 83.78 % while female literacy rate was 72.09 %.

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

Chittur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 236 - -
Population 1,130 594 536
Child (0-6) 133 70 63
Schedule Caste 121 64 57
Schedule Tribe 32 18 14
Literacy 78.23 % 83.78 % 72.09 %
Total Workers 665 373 292
Main Worker 635 - -
Marginal Worker 30 12 18

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.71 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.83 % of total population in Chittur village.

Work Profile

In Chittur village out of total population, 665 were engaged in work activities. 95.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 665 workers engaged in Main Work, 307 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 293 were Agricultural labourer.