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Kenchanala Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Kenchanala is a medium size village located in Hosanagara Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 276 families residing. The Kenchanala village has population of 1125 of which 563 are males while 562 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kenchanala village population of children with age 0-6 is 117 which makes up 10.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kenchanala village is 998 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Kenchanala as per census is 828, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Kenchanala village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Kenchanala village was 88.19 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Kenchanala Male literacy stands at 93.39 % while female literacy rate was 83.10 %.

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

Kenchanala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 276 - -
Population 1,125 563 562
Child (0-6) 117 64 53
Schedule Caste 233 124 109
Schedule Tribe 15 6 9
Literacy 88.19 % 93.39 % 83.10 %
Total Workers 609 344 265
Main Worker 534 - -
Marginal Worker 75 38 37

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.71 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.33 % of total population in Kenchanala village.

Work Profile

In Kenchanala village out of total population, 609 were engaged in work activities. 87.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 609 workers engaged in Main Work, 206 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 239 were Agricultural labourer.