District of Karnataka

Shimoga: 17.5 lakh people, one story

People
17,52,753
Area
8,478 km²
Literacy
80.45%
Sex ratio
998
Big number17.5 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 207 to every km².See the numbers →

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ShimogaKarnataka

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

Shimoga in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population17.5 lakh#15/30 in Karnataka
Area8,478 km²#6/30 in Karnataka
Population density207 per km²#25/30 in Karnataka▼ state 319
Sex ratio998 females per 1000 males#7/30 in Karnataka▲ state 973
Child sex ratio (0–6)960 girls per 1000 boys#8/30 in Karnataka▲ state 948
Literacy rate80.45%#6/30 in Karnataka▲ state 75.36
Female literacy74.84%#6/30 in Karnataka▲ state 68.08
Urban population35.6%#7/30 in Karnataka▼ state 38.7

People & society

80.4% can read. 998 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
86.182.5
Female literacy
74.868.1
Scheduled Castes
17.617.1
Scheduled Tribes
3.77.0
Living in towns
35.638.7

Gender literacy gap: 11.2 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 84.4%
  • Muslim 13.4%
  • Christian 1.5%
  • Jain 0.5%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    58 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    7.8 lakh workers, 44.5% of all people

    This district
    Karnataka
    • Cultivators 26.2%
    • Farm labourers 31.6%
    • Household industry 1.9%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 40.3%

      Schemes & development

      Only 66% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      65.766.4
      Latrine at home
      51.637.5
      Tap water
      47.448.4
      LPG / PNG
      23.123.8
      Phone
      54.052.4
      Television
      46.944.0
      Bicycle
      29.924.8
      Two-wheeler
      20.118.7

      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.