Bellary District Population, Karnataka - Census India 2011

Bellary is one of district of Karnataka in India. There are 7 Taluks, 552 villages and 13 towns in Bellary district.

As per the Census India 2011, Bellary district has 489,118 households, population of 2,452,595 of which 1,236,954 are males and 1,215,641 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 344,152 which is 14.03% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Bellary district is around 983 compared to 973 which is average of Karnataka state. The literacy rate of Bellary district is 57.96% out of which 65.76% males are literate and 50.03% females are literate. The total area of Bellary is 8,461 sq.km with population density of 290 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 62.48% of population lives in Urban area and 37.52% lives in Rural area. There are 21.1% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 18.41% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Bellary district.

Bellary Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	2,452,595	100%
Hindu	2,103,633	85.77%
Muslim	320,834	13.08%
Christian	14,014	0.57%
Jain	8,044	0.33%
Religion not stated	4,703	0.19%
Sikh	1,029	0.04%
Buddhist	284	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	54	0%

Bellary Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	412	8,049
Number of households	193,860	295,258
Total Population	920,239	1,532,356
Population (%)	50.3%	49.48%
Male Population	462,861	774,093
Female Population	457,378	758,263
Sex Ratio	988	980
Literacy (%)	66.54%	52.81%

List of Taluks in Bellary

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Bellary district, Karnataka

Bellary Population Facts

Number of Households	489,118
Population	2,452,595
Male Population	1,236,954 (50.43%)
Female Population	1,215,641 (49.57%)
Children Population	344,152
Area	8,461 km2
Population density/km2	290
Sex-ratio	983
Literacy	57.96%
Male Literacy	65.76%
Female Literacy	50.03%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	18.41%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	21.1%