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Gowrapura Population - Chikmagalur, Karnataka

Gowrapura is a medium size village located in Tarikere Taluka of Chikmagalur district, Karnataka with total 328 families residing. The Gowrapura village has population of 1441 of which 703 are males while 738 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gowrapura village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 9.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gowrapura village is 1050 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Gowrapura as per census is 1241, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Gowrapura village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Gowrapura village was 91.99 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Gowrapura Male literacy stands at 94.73 % while female literacy rate was 89.34 %.

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

Gowrapura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 328 - -
Population 1,441 703 738
Child (0-6) 130 58 72
Schedule Caste 16 9 7
Schedule Tribe 7 1 6
Literacy 91.99 % 94.73 % 89.34 %
Total Workers 493 446 47
Main Worker 467 - -
Marginal Worker 26 17 9

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.11 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.49 % of total population in Gowrapura village.

Work Profile

In Gowrapura village out of total population, 493 were engaged in work activities. 94.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 493 workers engaged in Main Work, 202 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.