District of Karnataka

Bagalkot: 18.9 lakh people, one story

People
18,89,752
Area
6,552 km²
Literacy
68.82%
Sex ratio
989
Top 3 in KarnatakaHousehold industry workers: 5.5 % of workers. Rank 2 of 30 districts.See the numbers →Big number18.9 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 288 to every km².See the numbers →

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BagalkotKarnataka

The history, places and schemes of Bagalkot are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Bagalkot in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population18.9 lakh#11/30 in Karnataka
Area6,552 km²#12/30 in Karnataka
Population density288 per km²#16/30 in Karnataka▼ state 319
Sex ratio989 females per 1000 males#11/30 in Karnataka▲ state 973
Child sex ratio (0–6)935 girls per 1000 boys#28/30 in Karnataka▼ state 948
Literacy rate68.82%#23/30 in Karnataka▼ state 75.36
Female literacy58.40%#23/30 in Karnataka▼ state 68.08
Urban population31.6%#10/30 in Karnataka▼ state 38.7

People & society

68.8% can read. 989 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
79.282.5
Female literacy
58.468.1
Scheduled Castes
16.917.1
Scheduled Tribes
5.17.0
Living in towns
31.638.7

Gender literacy gap: 20.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 86.5%
  • Muslim 11.6%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Jain 1.3%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    61 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    8.2 lakh workers, 43.3% of all people

    This district
    Karnataka
    • Cultivators 24.0%
    • Farm labourers 37.1%
    • Household industry 5.5%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 33.5%

      Schemes & development

      Only 61% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      61.466.4
      Latrine at home
      13.637.5
      Tap water
      45.948.4
      LPG / PNG
      10.123.8
      Phone
      47.752.4
      Television
      32.944.0
      Bicycle
      31.424.8
      Two-wheeler
      14.118.7

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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