District of Karnataka
Davanagere: 19.5 lakh people, one story
- People
- 19,45,497
- Area
- 5,924 km²
- Literacy
- 75.74%
- Sex ratio
- 972
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DavanagereKarnataka
The history, places and schemes of Davanagere are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.
Davanagere in 8 numbers
Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts
Population19.5 lakh#9/30 in Karnataka
Area5,924 km²#14/30 in Karnataka
Population density328 per km²#11/30 in Karnataka▲ state 319
Sex ratio972 females per 1000 males#22/30 in Karnataka▼ state 973
Child sex ratio (0–6)948 girls per 1000 boys#18/30 in Karnataka▼ state 948
Literacy rate75.74%#12/30 in Karnataka▲ state 75.36
Female literacy68.91%#11/30 in Karnataka▲ state 68.08
Urban population32.3%#9/30 in Karnataka▼ state 38.7
People & society
75.7% can read. 972 women for every 1000 men.
Society in numbers (%)
Gender literacy gap: 13.5 percentage points
People by religion
- Hindu 85.2%
- Muslim 13.7%
- Christian 0.3%
- Jain 0.3%
- Other / not stated 0.5%
Sectors at a glance
60 of every 100 workers live off the land
How people earn a living
8.8 lakh workers, 45.0% of all people
This district
Karnataka
- Cultivators 26.4%
- Farm labourers 33.8%
- Household industry 3.6%
- Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 36.2%
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.