Davanagere District : Census 2011 data

Davanagere District Overview

An official Census 2011 detail of Davanagere, a district of Karnataka has been released by Directorate of Census Operations in Karnataka. Enumeration of key persons was also done by census officials in Davanagere District of Karnataka.

Davanagere District Population 2011

In 2011, Davanagere had population of 1,946,905 of which male and female were 989,602 and 957,303 respectively. In 2001 census, Davanagere had a population of 1,790,952 of which males were 917,705 and remaining 873,247 were females. Davanagere District population constituted 3.18 percent of total Maharashtra population. In 2001 census, this figure for Davanagere District was at 3.39 percent of Maharashtra population.

Davanagere District Population Growth Rate

There was change of 8.71 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001. In the previous census of India 2001, Davanagere District recorded increase of 14.86 percent to its population compared to 1991.

Davanagere District Density 2011

The initial provisional data released by census India 2011, shows that density of Davanagere district for 2011 is 329 people per sq. km. In 2001, Davanagere district density was at 302 people per sq. km. Davanagere district administers 5,926 square kilometers of areas.

Davanagere Literacy Rate 2011

Average literacy rate of Davanagere in 2011 were 76.30 compared to 67.43 of 2001. If things are looked out at gender wise, male and female literacy were 83.02 and 69.39 respectively. For 2001 census, same figures stood at 76.37 and 58.04 in Davanagere District. Total literate in Davanagere District were 1,327,614 of which male and female were 732,582 and 595,032 respectively. In 2001, Davanagere District had 1,045,620 in its district.

Davanagere Sex Ratio 2011

With regards to Sex Ratio in Davanagere, it stood at 967 per 1000 male compared to 2001 census figure of 952. The average national sex ratio in India is 940 as per latest reports of Census 2011 Directorate. In 2011 census, child sex ratio is 931 girls per 1000 boys compared to figure of 946 girls per 1000 boys of 2001 census data.

Davanagere Child Population 2011

In census enumeration, data regarding child under 0-6 age were also collected for all districts including Davanagere. There were total 206,935 children under age of 0-6 against 240,275 of 2001 census. Of total 206,935 male and female were 107,181 and 99,754 respectively. Child Sex Ratio as per census 2011 was 931 compared to 946 of census 2001. In 2011, Children under 0-6 formed 10.63 percent of Davanagere District compared to 13.42 percent of 2001. There was net change of -2.79 percent in this compared to previous census of India.

Davanagere District Urban Population 2011

Out of the total Davanagere population for 2011 census, 32.31 percent lives in urban regions of district. In total 629,089 people lives in urban areas of which males are 319,057 and females are 310,032. Sex Ratio in urban region of Davanagere district is 972 as per 2011 census data. Similarly child sex ratio in Davanagere district was 940 in 2011 census. Child population (0-6) in urban region was 66,112 of which males and females were 34,087 and 32,025. This child population figure of Davanagere district is 10.68 % of total urban population. Average literacy rate in Davanagere district as per census 2011 is 84.26 % of which males and females are 88.46 % and 79.97 % literates respectively. In actual number 474,388 people are literate in urban region of which males and females are 252,074 and 222,314 respectively.

Davanagere District Rural Population 2011

As per 2011 census, 67.69 % population of Davanagere districts lives in rural areas of villages. The total Davanagere district population living in rural areas is 1,317,816 of which males and females are 670,545 and 647,271 respectively. In rural areas of Davanagere district, sex ratio is 965 females per 1000 males. If child sex ratio data of Davanagere district is considered, figure is 927 girls per 1000 boys. Child population in the age 0-6 is 140,823 in rural areas of which males were 73,094 and females were 67,729. The child population comprises 10.90 % of total rural population of Davanagere district. Literacy rate in rural areas of Davanagere district is 72.49 % as per census data 2011. Gender wise, male and female literacy stood at 80.43 and 64.31 percent respectively. In total, 853,226 people were literate of which males and females were 480,508 and 372,718 respectively.
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