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Gajanuru State Forest Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Gajanuru State Forest is a medium size village located in Shimoga Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 103 families residing. The Gajanuru State Forest village has population of 1073 of which 581 are males while 492 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gajanuru State Forest village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 2.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gajanuru State Forest village is 847 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Gajanuru State Forest as per census is 1417, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Gajanuru State Forest village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Gajanuru State Forest village was 93.97 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Gajanuru State Forest Male literacy stands at 94.20 % while female literacy rate was 93.68 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gajanuru State Forest 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 Gajanuru State Forest village.

Gajanuru State Forest Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 103 - -
Population 1,073 581 492
Child (0-6) 29 12 17
Schedule Caste 234 129 105
Schedule Tribe 65 33 32
Literacy 93.97 % 94.20 % 93.68 %
Total Workers 191 137 54
Main Worker 183 - -
Marginal Worker 8 1 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.81 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.06 % of total population in Gajanuru State Forest village.

Work Profile

In Gajanuru State Forest village out of total population, 191 were engaged in work activities. 95.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 191 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.