Jliti10snpitv in ~buration - Institute for Social and Economic Change

living in 43 households. Out of a total population 219,
38 males and 15 females are literates.
The caste composltion of 8alanapalya consists
of 41.07 per cent Vokkalllgas; 1.79 per cent
llngayats;
28.57 per cent service castes and 28.57 per cent
scheduled castes/tribes.
67.86 per cent of the heads of the households
are farmers; 14.29 per cent labourers; 8.89 per cant
are businessmen; 5.35 per cent are engaged in nontraditional
occupations and 3.57 per cent are
housewives.
The distributlon of the heads of the
households
ac ross different education levels shows that
76.79 per cent of them are illiterates and 16.07 per
cent have had lower primary education. 3.58 per cent
have been educated upto standard V I I and an equa I per
cent upto SSLC.
The distribution of the households according
to the annual income shows that 32.14 per cent of the
households fall into the income bracket of Rs. 1001-
2000; 23.21 per cent between Rs. 3001-5000; 19.64 per
cent between Rs. 2001-3000; 10.71 per cent between Rs.
501-1000 and 8.93 per cent between Rs. 5001-7000.
are 5.36 per cent of the households with an
The re
annual
income of less than Rs. 500.
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