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Nalkeri Population - Kodagu, Karnataka

Nalkeri is a medium size village located in Virajpet Taluka of Kodagu district, Karnataka with total 391 families residing. The Nalkeri village has population of 1383 of which 698 are males while 685 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nalkeri village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 10.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nalkeri village is 981 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Nalkeri as per census is 1281, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Nalkeri village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Nalkeri village was 68.80 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Nalkeri Male literacy stands at 71.45 % while female literacy rate was 66.00 %.

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 391 - -
Population 1,383 698 685
Child (0-6) 146 64 82
Schedule Caste 16 11 5
Schedule Tribe 631 316 315
Literacy 68.80 % 71.45 % 66.00 %
Total Workers 768 481 287
Main Worker 751 - -
Marginal Worker 17 7 10

Caste Factor

In Nalkeri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 45.63 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.16 % of total population in Nalkeri village.

Work Profile

In Nalkeri village out of total population, 768 were engaged in work activities. 97.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 768 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.