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Nalkeri Population - Kodagu, Karnataka

Nalkeri is a medium size village located in Virajpet Taluka of Kodagu district, Karnataka with total 419 families residing. The Nalkeri village has population of 1620 of which 802 are males while 818 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nalkeri village population of children with age 0-6 is 167 which makes up 10.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nalkeri village is 1020 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Nalkeri as per census is 1012, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Nalkeri village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Nalkeri village was 83.90 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Nalkeri Male literacy stands at 88.73 % while female literacy rate was 79.16 %.

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

Nalkeri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 419 - -
Population 1,620 802 818
Child (0-6) 167 83 84
Schedule Caste 131 69 62
Schedule Tribe 136 70 66
Literacy 83.90 % 88.73 % 79.16 %
Total Workers 790 513 277
Main Worker 788 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.40 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.09 % of total population in Nalkeri village.

Work Profile

In Nalkeri village out of total population, 790 were engaged in work activities. 99.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 790 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.