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Ballekere Population - Chikmagalur, Karnataka

Ballekere is a medium size village located in Kadur Taluka of Chikmagalur district, Karnataka with total 288 families residing. The Ballekere village has population of 1157 of which 585 are males while 572 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ballekere village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 7.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ballekere village is 978 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Ballekere as per census is 800, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Ballekere village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Ballekere village was 72.03 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Ballekere Male literacy stands at 80.93 % while female literacy rate was 63.06 %.

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

Ballekere Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 288 - -
Population 1,157 585 572
Child (0-6) 81 45 36
Schedule Caste 260 131 129
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.03 % 80.93 % 63.06 %
Total Workers 620 385 235
Main Worker 534 - -
Marginal Worker 86 2 84

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.47 % of total population in Ballekere village. The village Ballekere currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ballekere village out of total population, 620 were engaged in work activities. 86.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 620 workers engaged in Main Work, 297 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 89 were Agricultural labourer.