Shimoga vs Belgaum
Population
17.5 lakh
47.8 lakh
Areakm²
8,478
13,433
Population densityper km²
207
356
Sex ratiofemales per 1000 males
998
973
Child sex ratio (0–6)girls per 1000 boys
960
934
Literacy rate%
80.45
73.48
Female literacy%
74.84
64.58
Urban population%
35.6
25.3
Scheduled Castes% of people
17.6
12.1
Scheduled Tribes% of people
3.7
6.2
Workers in farming% of workers
57.8
64.7
Household industry workers% of workers
1.9
2.9
Homes with electricity (2011)% of households
65.7
61.3
Homes cooking on LPG/PNG (2011)% of households
23.1
18.3
Homes with a latrine (2011)% of households
51.6
24.0
Census 2011. A highlighted cell is the better value where higher or lower is clearly better.