Besur
Sagar block · Shivamogga
district, Karnataka · PIN 577417
· village code 607317
Population 2011
670
Census of India
Population 2020
679
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.3%
9 people · 0.1% a year
Households
149
+0.7% vs 148 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
670
Male / female
320 / 350
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,094
Children aged 0–6
87
Literacy rate
64.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
132 / 0
Working population
284
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.2%
Households
148
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation 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
No CSC
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
24
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
148
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Koluru panchayat, Sagar 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
₹62.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.03 lakh
Received directly
₹94,305
Spent
₹24.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹51.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.86 lakh · received ₹5.21 lakh · spent ₹10.63 lakh · left ₹15.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.59 lakh · received ₹7.82 lakh · spent ₹14.25 lakh · left ₹36.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
14.0180, 74.9900 —
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