Kerura

Kerur
Town
Kerur Location in Karnataka, India Show map of Karnataka Kerur Kerur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 16°00′48″N 75°32′56″E / 16.0133°N 75.5489°E / 16.0133; 75.5489
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Government
• Type	Municipal corporation
• Body	Nagar Palika
Elevation	617 m (2,024 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	19,731
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA-29
Website	karnataka.gov.in

Kerur is a town in Bagalkot district in Karnataka, which located on NH 218. It has an average elevation of 617 meters (2024 feet). It's the birthplace of Jagadish Shettar, a former Chief Minister of Karnataka. Kerur is a Town Panchayat city in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Kerur city is divided into 16 wards for which elections are held every five years. The Kerur Town Panchayat has a population of 19,731 of which 9,929 are males while 9,802 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 2691 which is 13.64% of total population of Kerur (TP). In Kerur Town Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 987 against state average of 973. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Kerur is around 922 compared with Karnataka state average of 948. Literacy rate of Kerur city is 73.36% lower than state average of 75.36%. In Kerur, Male literacy is around 82.30% while female literacy rate is 64.41%.

Kerur Town Panchayat contains over 3,665 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Town Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.