Davanagere District Population, Karnataka - Census India 2011

Davanagere is one of district of Karnataka in India. There are 6 Taluks, 923 villages and 9 towns in Davanagere district.

As per the Census India 2011, Davanagere district has 134,755 households, population of 629,010 of which 318,133 are males and 310,877 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 69,961 which is 11.12% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Davanagere district is around 977 compared to 973 which is average of Karnataka state. The literacy rate of Davanagere district is 74.68% out of which 78.25% males are literate and 71.01% females are literate. The total area of Davanagere is 5,924 sq.km with population density of 328 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 309.3% of population lives in Urban area and 209.3% lives in Rural area. There are 12.19% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 6.58% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Davanagere district.

Davanagere Religion Population

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total1,945,497100%
Hindu1,658,46585.25%
Muslim265,80513.66%
Religion not stated7,1760.37%
Jain6,4170.33%
Christian5,4200.28%
Other religions and persuasions1,7430.09%
Sikh3070.02%
Buddhist1640.01%

Davanagere Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
DescriptionUrbanRural
Area(sq.km)5,7805,924
Number of households275,421410,176
Total Population1,316,4871,945,497
Population (%)50.76%49.3%
Male Population668,267986,400
Female Population648,220959,097
Sex Ratio970972
Literacy (%)63.72%67.26%

List of Taluks in Davanagere

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Davanagere district, Karnataka
TalukPopulationArea (km2)Pop. DensitySex-ratio
Davanagere 681,979958712978
Channagiri 302,3171,210250977
Harapanahalli 302,0031,435210957
Harihar 254,170485524965
Honnali 233,206866269974
Jagalur 171,822970177975

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Davanagere Population Facts

Number of Households410,176
Population1,945,497
Male Population986,400 (50.7%)
Female Population959,097 (49.3%)
Children Population217,731
Area5,924 km2
Population density/km2328
Sex-ratio972
Literacy67.26%
Male Literacy73.06%
Female Literacy61.3%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %11.98%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %20.18%

Map of Davanagere, Karnataka