District of Karnataka
Bidar: 17 lakh people, one story
- People
- 17,03,300
- Area
- 5,448 km²
- Literacy
- 70.51%
- Sex ratio
- 956
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BidarKarnataka
The history, places and schemes of Bidar are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.
Bidar in 8 numbers
Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts
Population17 lakh#16/30 in Karnataka
Area5,448 km²#17/30 in Karnataka
Population density313 per km²#12/30 in Karnataka▼ state 319
Sex ratio956 females per 1000 males#27/30 in Karnataka▼ state 973
Child sex ratio (0–6)942 girls per 1000 boys#26/30 in Karnataka▼ state 948
Literacy rate70.51%#19/30 in Karnataka▼ state 75.36
Female literacy61.55%#20/30 in Karnataka▼ state 68.08
Urban population25.0%#17/30 in Karnataka▼ state 38.7
People & society
70.5% can read. 956 women for every 1000 men.
Society in numbers (%)
Gender literacy gap: 17.5 percentage points
People by religion
- Hindu 75.7%
- Muslim 19.7%
- Christian 2.1%
- Buddhist 1.8%
- Other / not stated 0.6%
Sectors at a glance
60 of every 100 workers live off the land
How people earn a living
7 lakh workers, 41.2% of all people
This district
Karnataka
- Cultivators 20.1%
- Farm labourers 39.9%
- Household industry 2.6%
- Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 37.4%
Schemes & development
Only 70% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.
What homes had in 2011 (% of households)
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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Sources
- Census of India 2011: A-01 (area, households), Primary Census Abstract and Houselisting tables, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner
- District boundaries: DataMeet India, Census 2011 districts (CC BY 2.5 IN)
Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.