District of Karnataka

Bellary: 24.5 lakh people, one story

People
24,52,595
Area
8,461 km²
Literacy
67.43%
Sex ratio
983
Top 3 in KarnatakaScheduled Tribes: 18.4 % of people. Rank 2 of 30 districts.See the numbers →Big number24.5 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 290 to every km².See the numbers →

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BellaryKarnataka

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

Bellary in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population24.5 lakh#6/30 in Karnataka
Area8,461 km²#7/30 in Karnataka
Population density290 per km²#15/30 in Karnataka▼ state 319
Sex ratio983 females per 1000 males#15/30 in Karnataka▲ state 973
Child sex ratio (0–6)960 girls per 1000 boys#7/30 in Karnataka▲ state 948
Literacy rate67.43%#25/30 in Karnataka▼ state 75.36
Female literacy58.09%#24/30 in Karnataka▼ state 68.08
Urban population37.5%#5/30 in Karnataka▼ state 38.7

People & society

67.4% can read. 983 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
76.682.5
Female literacy
58.168.1
Scheduled Castes
21.117.1
Scheduled Tribes
18.47.0
Living in towns
37.538.7

Gender literacy gap: 18.6 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 85.8%
  • Muslim 13.1%
  • Christian 0.6%
  • Jain 0.3%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    59 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    11.2 lakh workers, 45.5% of all people

    This district
    Karnataka
    • Cultivators 23.1%
    • Farm labourers 36.4%
    • Household industry 2.0%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 38.5%

      Schemes & development

      Only 71% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      70.666.4
      Latrine at home
      25.037.5
      Tap water
      62.348.4
      LPG / PNG
      18.323.8
      Phone
      52.552.4
      Television
      46.744.0
      Bicycle
      26.424.8
      Two-wheeler
      17.818.7

      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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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.