Karekal
Ballari block · Ballari
district, Karnataka · PIN 583111
· village code 604917
Population 2011
1,895
Census of India
Population 2020
2,137
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.8%
242 people · 1.3% a year
Households
450
+12.2% vs 401 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,895
Male / female
1,002 / 893
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
891
Children aged 0–6
271
Literacy rate
50.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
655 / 335
Working population
1,010
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.7%
Households
401
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
221
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
55
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
360
Non-farm households
90
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
890 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
890 / 650 / 167
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karekal panchayat, Ballari zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹34.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.03 lakh
Received directly
₹13.17 lakh
Spent
₹40.41 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.01 lakh · received ₹8.41 lakh · spent ₹10.26 lakh · left ₹6.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.34 lakh · received ₹12.62 lakh · spent ₹30.15 lakh · left ₹21.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
15.1712, 76.9335 —
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