Bidar District Population, Karnataka - Census India 2011

Bidar is one of district of Karnataka in India. There are 5 Taluks, 620 villages and 8 towns in Bidar district.

As per the Census India 2011, Bidar district has 319,937 households, population of 1,703,300 of which 870,665 are males and 832,635 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 224,442 which is 13.18% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Bidar district is around 956 compared to 973 which is average of Karnataka state. The literacy rate of Bidar district is 61.21% out of which 68.59% males are literate and 53.5% females are literate. The total area of Bidar is 5,448 sq.km with population density of 313 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 74.99% of population lives in Urban area and 25.01% lives in Rural area. There are 23.47% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 13.85% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Bidar district.

Bidar Religion Population

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total1,703,300100%
Hindu1,289,70975.72%
Muslim335,18419.68%
Christian35,4382.08%
Buddhist30,4531.79%
Religion not stated10,1700.6%
Sikh1,1450.07%
Jain6800.04%
Other religions and persuasions5210.03%

Bidar Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
DescriptionUrbanRural
Area(sq.km)1655,283
Number of households79,958239,979
Total Population425,9521,277,348
Population (%)51.51%49.02%
Male Population219,415651,250
Female Population206,537626,098
Sex Ratio941961
Literacy (%)71.13%57.91%

List of Taluks in Bidar

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Bidar district, Karnataka
TalukPopulationArea (km2)Pop. DensitySex-ratio
Bidar 469,941908518949
Basavakalyan 345,2471,206286959
Homnabad 332,362982338962
Aurad 278,4001,233226956
Bhalki 277,3501,119248959

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Bidar Population Facts

Number of Households319,937
Population1,703,300
Male Population870,665 (51.12%)
Female Population832,635 (48.88%)
Children Population224,442
Area5,448 km2
Population density/km2313
Sex-ratio956
Literacy61.21%
Male Literacy68.59%
Female Literacy53.5%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %13.85%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %23.47%

Map of Bidar, Karnataka