District of Karnataka

Chitradurga: 16.6 lakh people, one story

People
16,59,456
Area
8,436 km²
Literacy
73.71%
Sex ratio
974
Top 3 in KarnatakaScheduled Tribes: 18.2 % of people. Rank 3 of 30 districts.See the numbers →Big number16.6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 197 to every km².See the numbers →

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ChitradurgaKarnataka

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

Chitradurga in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population16.6 lakh#17/30 in Karnataka
Area8,436 km²#9/30 in Karnataka
Population density197 per km²#26/30 in Karnataka▼ state 319
Sex ratio974 females per 1000 males#20/30 in Karnataka▲ state 973
Child sex ratio (0–6)947 girls per 1000 boys#19/30 in Karnataka▼ state 948
Literacy rate73.71%#16/30 in Karnataka▼ state 75.36
Female literacy65.88%#16/30 in Karnataka▼ state 68.08
Urban population19.9%#25/30 in Karnataka▼ state 38.7

People & society

73.7% can read. 974 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
81.482.5
Female literacy
65.968.1
Scheduled Castes
23.417.1
Scheduled Tribes
18.27.0
Living in towns
19.938.7

Gender literacy gap: 15.5 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 91.6%
  • Muslim 7.8%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Jain 0.2%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    68 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    8.6 lakh workers, 51.6% of all people

    This district
    Karnataka
    • Cultivators 33.4%
    • Farm labourers 34.4%
    • Household industry 3.1%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 29.2%

      Schemes & development

      Only 69% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      68.766.4
      Latrine at home
      24.037.5
      Tap water
      51.948.4
      LPG / PNG
      13.523.8
      Phone
      46.252.4
      Television
      39.044.0
      Bicycle
      22.924.8
      Two-wheeler
      12.518.7

      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.