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Parakatageri Population - Kodagu, Karnataka

Parakatageri is a medium size village located in Virajpet Taluka of Kodagu district, Karnataka with total 501 families residing. The Parakatageri village has population of 1704 of which 862 are males while 842 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parakatageri village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 7.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parakatageri village is 977 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Parakatageri as per census is 744, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Parakatageri village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Parakatageri village was 80.61 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Parakatageri Male literacy stands at 82.78 % while female literacy rate was 78.44 %.

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

Parakatageri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 501 - -
Population 1,704 862 842
Child (0-6) 136 78 58
Schedule Caste 69 32 37
Schedule Tribe 286 146 140
Literacy 80.61 % 82.78 % 78.44 %
Total Workers 905 585 320
Main Worker 832 - -
Marginal Worker 73 35 38

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 16.78 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.05 % of total population in Parakatageri village.

Work Profile

In Parakatageri village out of total population, 905 were engaged in work activities. 91.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 905 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.