Honavar Population, Religion, Caste, Working Data Uttara Kannada, Karnataka - Census 2011

Honavar is a Town Panchayat city situated in Honavar taluka of Uttara Kannada district. The Honavar city is divided into 18 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 4,423 families residing in the Honavar city. The total population of Honavar is 19,109 out of which 9,526 are males and 9,583 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Honavar is 1,006.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Honavar city is 1755 which is 9% of the total population. There are 922 male children and 833 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Honavar is 903 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,006).

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Honavar is 93.3%. Thus Honavar has higher literacy rate compared to 84.1% of Uttara Kannada district. The male literacy rate is 96.35% and the female literacy rate is 90.29% in Honavar.

Honavar Town Panchayat has total administration over 4,423 houses to which it supplies basic amenities such as water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Town Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Honavar Town Panchayat

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Honavar Town Panchayat.

Total Male Female
Children 1,755 922 833
Literacy 93.3% 87% 82.4%
Scheduled Caste 538 270 268
Scheduled Tribe 54 28 26
Illiterate 2,919 1,236 1,683

Caste-wise Population - Honavar

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.8% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.3% of total population in Honavar.

Total Male Female
Schedule Caste 538 270 268
Schedule Tribe 54 28 26

Religion-wise Population - Honavar

As per the Census 2011, the total Hindu population in Honavar is 15,021 which is 78.61% of the total population. Also the total Muslim population in Honavar is 2,279 which is 11.93% of the total population. Below is religion-wise population of Honavar as per Census 2011.

Religion Total Male Female
Hindu 15,021 (78.61%) 7,478 7,543
Muslim 2,279 (11.93%) 1,140 1,139
Christian 1,794 (9.39%) 901 893
Sikh 0 (0%) 0 0
Buddhist 2 (0.01%) 1 1
Jain 5 (0.03%) 3 2
Other Religion 0 (0%) 0 0
No Religion Specified 8 (0.04%) 3 5

Literacy Rate - Honavar

The total literacy rate of Honavar was 93.29% in 2011 which is greater than average literacy rate 75.36% of Karnataka. Population-wise, out of total 16,190 literates, males were 8,290 while females were 7,900. Also the male literacy rate was 96.35% and the female literacy rate was 90.29% in Honavar.

  Honavar Karnataka
Female 90.29% 68.08%
Male 96.35% 82.47%
Total 93.29% 75.36%

Sex Ratio - Honavar

The Sex Ratio of Honavar is 1,006. Thus per every 1000 men there were 1,006 females in Honavar. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 903 which is less than Average Sex Ratio ( 1,006 ) of Honavar.

Child Population - Honavar

According to Census 2011, there were 1,755 children between age 0 to 6 years in Honavar. Out of which 922 were male while 833 were female.

Working Population - Honavar

In Honavar Town Panchayat out of total population, 6,908 were engaged in work activities. 90.3% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.7% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 6,908 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 6,235 5,107 1,128
Cultivators 77 76 1
Agriculture Labourer 31 20 11
Household Industries 300 280 20
Other Workers 5,827 4,731 1,096
Marginal Workers 673 356 317
Non Working 12,201 4,063 8,138

Honavar Wards

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. Honavar is further divided into 18 wards where elections are held every 5 years.

# Ward Population Literacy Sex Ratio
1 Ward No - 1 1,460 82.2% 939
2 Ward No - 2 1,048 88.4% 981
3 Ward No - 3 992 85.2% 1,012
4 Ward No - 4 1,015 81.5% 869
5 Ward No - 5 1,260 71.2% 1,093
6 Ward No - 6 967 88.4% 998
7 Ward No - 7 894 87.6% 1,036
8 Ward No - 8 1,488 83.9% 984
9 Ward No - 9 1,608 89.7% 983
10 Ward No - 10 897 74.7% 976
11 Ward No - 11 901 87.1% 1,062
12 Ward No - 12 790 85.9% 1,047
13 Ward No - 13 696 89.2% 1,023
14 Ward No - 14 1,150 87.2% 1,126
15 Ward No - 15 871 87.7% 993
16 Ward No - 16 803 83.8% 963
17 Ward No - 17 1,184 88.9% 1,074
18 Ward No - 18 1,085 84.8% 998

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