DISTRICT AT A GLANCE :
|
ITEMS
|
Person/
Male/Female
|
Chitradurga
District
|
Molakalmuru
|
Challakere
|
Chitradurga
|
Holalkere
|
Hosadurga
|
Hiriyur
|
|
|
Population
|
Total
|
Person
|
1517896
|
126742
|
332718
|
376506
|
197766
|
219445
|
264719
|
|
Male
|
776,221
|
65187
|
171337
|
193371
|
100809
|
111339
|
135178
|
||
|
Female
|
741,675
|
61555
|
162381
|
183135
|
96957
|
108106
|
129541
|
||
|
Population
|
Rural
|
Person
|
1243,658
|
112609
|
283651
|
251336
|
183192
|
196957
|
215913
|
|
Male
|
635442
|
57842
|
145160
|
129259
|
93218
|
99732
|
110231
|
||
|
Female
|
608216
|
54767
|
138491
|
122077
|
89974
|
97225
|
105682
|
||
|
Population
|
Urban
|
Person
|
274238
|
14133
|
49067
|
125170
|
14574
|
22488
|
48806
|
|
Male
|
140779
|
7345
|
25177
|
64112
|
7591
|
11607
|
24947
|
||
|
Female
|
133459
|
6788
|
23890
|
61058
|
6983
|
10881
|
23859
|
||
| Decimal Population Growth
Rate(1991-2001)
|
15.6
|
22.4
|
19.1
|
16.9
|
10.4
|
9.8
|
15.7
|
||
| Area (Sq.Kms)
|
8440.00
|
738.45
|
2016.89
|
1359.87
|
1088.48
|
1324.13
|
1692.08
|
||
| Density of
Population(Persons/Sq.Kms)
|
180
|
172
|
165
|
277
|
182
|
166
|
156
|
||
| Sex Ratio(No.of Females per 1000
Males)
|
955
|
944
|
933
|
947
|
962
|
971
|
958
|
||
| Sex Ratio(0-6
age-group)
|
946
|
943
|
945
|
947
|
935
|
969
|
940
|
||
| Literacy Rate(population aged 7 Years and above) |
Person
|
64.5
|
52.6
|
58.9
|
71.8
|
68.0
|
65.0
|
63.2
|
|
|
Male
|
74.7
|
65.0
|
70.0
|
80.5
|
78.4
|
75.1
|
73.5
|
||
|
Female
|
53.8
|
39.5
|
47.2
|
62.6
|
57.4
|
54.7
|
52.5
|
||
| Percentage of Urban population
to total Population
|
18.1
|
11.2
|
14.7
|
33.2
|
7.4
|
10.2
|
18.4
|
||
| Percentage of Total
Population
|
|||||||||
|
Main
Workers
|
Person
|
37.9
|
37.2
|
39.7
|
34.9
|
38.3
|
39.0
|
39.3
|
|
|
Male
|
51.5
|
47.8
|
50.4
|
50.3
|
53.0
|
55.9
|
51.5
|
||
|
Female
|
23.8
|
25.9
|
28.4
|
18.7
|
23.1
|
21.5
|
26.6
|
||
|
Marginal
Workers
|
Person
|
9.6
|
7.7
|
9.8
|
7.1
|
15.4
|
10.7
|
8.5
|
|
|
Male
|
5.5
|
4.8
|
5.6
|
4.5
|
8.4
|
4.5
|
5.9
|
||
|
Female
|
13.9
|
10.9
|
14.2
|
9.9
|
22.7
|
17.1
|
11.2
|
||
|
Non-Workers
|
Person
|
52.4
|
55.1
|
50.5
|
57.9
|
46.3
|
50.3
|
52.2
|
|
|
Male
|
43.0
|
47.4
|
43.9
|
45.2
|
38.6
|
39.6
|
42.6
|
||
|
Female
|
62.3
|
63.3
|
57.4
|
71.4
|
54.2
|
61.4
|
62.1
|
||
| Percentage Among Total
Workers
|
|||||||||
|
Cultivators
|
Person
|
38.4
|
30.5
|
35.9
|
32.3
|
49.2
|
48.1
|
35.5
|
|
|
Agricultural
Labour
|
Person
|
33.4
|
40.2
|
38.6
|
29.3
|
34.3
|
27.1
|
33.6
|
|
|
Household
Industr
|
Person
|
3.3
|
7.2
|
4.5
|
1.7
|
1.8
|
2.2
|
4.5
|
|
|
Other
Workers
|
Person
|
24.8
|
22.1
|
21.0
|
36.7
|
14.7
|
22.6
|
26.4
|
|
| Percentage of Scheduled Castes |
Person
|
22.2
|
19.8
|
21.8
|
22.6
|
24.7
|
18.9
|
24.0
|
|
| Percentage of Scheduled Tribes |
Person
|
17.5
|
35.3
|
28.5
|
16.3
|
11.6
|
7.7
|
9.6
|
|
| Number of Villages |
1,059
|
89
|
195
|
190
|
202
|
225
|
158
|
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| Number of Towns |
6
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
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| Source: Census of India 2001 | |||||||||
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