District of Karnataka
Gadag: 10.6 lakh people, one story
- People
- 10,64,570
- Area
- 4,657 km²
- Literacy
- 75.12%
- Sex ratio
- 982
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GadagKarnataka
The history, places and schemes of Gadag are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.
Gadag in 8 numbers
Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts
Population10.6 lakh#27/30 in Karnataka
Area4,657 km²#22/30 in Karnataka
Population density229 per km²#21/30 in Karnataka▼ state 319
Sex ratio982 females per 1000 males#16/30 in Karnataka▲ state 973
Child sex ratio (0–6)947 girls per 1000 boys#21/30 in Karnataka▼ state 948
Literacy rate75.12%#14/30 in Karnataka▼ state 75.36
Female literacy65.44%#17/30 in Karnataka▼ state 68.08
Urban population35.6%#6/30 in Karnataka▼ state 38.7
People & society
75.1% can read. 982 women for every 1000 men.
Society in numbers (%)
Gender literacy gap: 19.2 percentage points
People by religion
- Hindu 85.3%
- Muslim 13.5%
- Christian 0.3%
- Jain 0.6%
- Other / not stated 0.3%
Sectors at a glance
66 of every 100 workers live off the land
How people earn a living
5 lakh workers, 46.6% of all people
This district
Karnataka
- Cultivators 25.7%
- Farm labourers 40.4%
- Household industry 3.1%
- Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 30.8%
Schemes & development
Only 68% 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.