Kowsika
Hassan block · Hassan
district, Karnataka · PIN 573212
· village code 616159
Population 2011
2,266
Census of India
Population 2020
3,080
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+35.9%
814 people · 3.5% a year
Households
630
+9.6% vs 575 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,266
Male / female
1,141 / 1,125
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
986
Children aged 0–6
202
Literacy rate
67.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
279 / 12
Working population
1,163
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
37.7%
Households
575
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
398
Non-farm households
196
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
187 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
187 / 56 / 24
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kowsika panchayat, Hassan 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
₹48.57 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹36.07 lakh
Received directly
₹13.65 lakh
Spent
₹67.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.80 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.67 lakh · received ₹14.60 lakh · spent ₹33.11 lakh · left ₹13.81 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.90 lakh · received ₹21.47 lakh · spent ₹34.38 lakh · left ₹16.99 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
13.0270, 76.1212 —
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