Yerkihal Population - Yadgir, Karnataka

Yerkihal is a medium size village located in Shorapur Taluka of Yadgir district, Karnataka with total 245 families residing. The Yerkihal village has population of 1579 of which 827 are males while 752 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Yerkihal village population of children with age 0-6 is 304 which makes up 19.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Yerkihal village is 909 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Yerkihal as per census is 788, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Yerkihal village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Yerkihal village was 46.82 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Yerkihal Male literacy stands at 61.64 % while female literacy rate was 31.07 %.

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

Yerkihal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	245	-	-
Population	1,579	827	752
Child (0-6)	304	170	134
Schedule Caste	806	423	383
Schedule Tribe	621	333	288
Literacy	46.82 %	61.64 %	31.07 %
Total Workers	860	437	423
Main Worker	676	-	-
Marginal Worker	184	64	120

Caste Factor

In Yerkihal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.04 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 39.33 % of total population in Yerkihal village.

Work Profile

In Yerkihal village out of total population, 860 were engaged in work activities. 78.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 860 workers engaged in Main Work, 155 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 327 were Agricultural labourer.