Keresanthe
Kadur block · Chikkamagaluru
district, Karnataka · PIN 577548
· village code 609571
Population 2011
1,208
Census of India
Population 2020
1,340
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.9%
132 people · 1.2% a year
Households
310
+7.3% vs 289 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,208
Male / female
601 / 607
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,010
Children aged 0–6
138
Literacy rate
64.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
158 / 0
Working population
667
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.2%
Households
289
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
41
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
227
Non-farm households
74
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
360 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
360 / 215 / 40
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Keresanthe panchayat, Kadur 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
₹19.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹25.26 lakh
Received directly
₹93,340
Spent
₹11.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.68 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.28 lakh · received ₹10.23 lakh · spent ₹3.27 lakh · left ₹23.17 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.18 lakh · received ₹15.03 lakh · spent ₹8.70 lakh · left ₹10.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
13.4775, 76.1326 —
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