District of Karnataka

Bijapur: 21.8 lakh people, one story

People
21,77,331
Area
10,498 km²
Literacy
67.15%
Sex ratio
960
Lowest in KarnatakaChild sex ratio (0–6): 931 girls per 1000 boys. Rank 30 of 30.See the numbers →Lowest in KarnatakaScheduled Tribes: 1.8 % of people. Rank 29 of 30.See the numbers →Big number21.8 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 207 to every km².See the numbers →

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BijapurKarnataka

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

Bijapur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population21.8 lakh#7/30 in Karnataka
Area10,498 km²#4/30 in Karnataka
Population density207 per km²#24/30 in Karnataka▼ state 319
Sex ratio960 females per 1000 males#26/30 in Karnataka▼ state 973
Child sex ratio (0–6)931 girls per 1000 boys#30/30 in Karnataka▼ state 948
Literacy rate67.15%#26/30 in Karnataka▼ state 75.36
Female literacy56.72%#26/30 in Karnataka▼ state 68.08
Urban population23.1%#19/30 in Karnataka▼ state 38.7

People & society

67.1% can read. 960 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
77.282.5
Female literacy
56.768.1
Scheduled Castes
20.317.1
Scheduled Tribes
1.87.0
Living in towns
23.138.7

Gender literacy gap: 20.5 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 82.1%
  • Muslim 17.0%
  • Christian 0.1%
  • Jain 0.4%
  • Other / not stated 0.4%

    Sectors at a glance

    66 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    9.3 lakh workers, 42.6% of all people

    This district
    Karnataka
    • Cultivators 28.3%
    • Farm labourers 37.9%
    • Household industry 2.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 31.1%

      Schemes & development

      Only 62% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      61.966.4
      Latrine at home
      13.937.5
      Tap water
      37.048.4
      LPG / PNG
      11.223.8
      Phone
      53.952.4
      Television
      31.144.0
      Bicycle
      30.724.8
      Two-wheeler
      12.818.7

      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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