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Kalur Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Kalur is a medium size village located in Hosanagara Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 229 families residing. The Kalur village has population of 1331 of which 763 are males while 568 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalur village population of children with age 0-6 is 113 which makes up 8.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalur village is 744 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalur as per census is 1216, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Kalur village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalur village was 85.63 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kalur Male literacy stands at 91.57 % while female literacy rate was 77.27 %.

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

Kalur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 229 - -
Population 1,331 763 568
Child (0-6) 113 51 62
Schedule Caste 165 81 84
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 85.63 % 91.57 % 77.27 %
Total Workers 414 287 127
Main Worker 351 - -
Marginal Worker 63 23 40

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.40 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.15 % of total population in Kalur village.

Work Profile

In Kalur village out of total population, 414 were engaged in work activities. 84.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 414 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 77 were Agricultural labourer.