Chikmagalur is one of 30 districts located in southwest Indian state Karnataka. There are total 7 blocks which comes under Chikmagalur district, and there are total 1117 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Chikmagalur district is 570 and number of houses in this district is 218247.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 898453. Out of total 898453, male population count is 447545, where as female population count is 450908 in Chikmagalur.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 82205 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 82205 children 41714 are boys and 40491 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Chikmagalur district is 69%. 628083 out of total 898453 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 76% and 340186 males are literate out of total 447545 male population, where as female literacy rate is 36% and 287897 out of total 450908 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Chikmagalur district is 30%. 270370 out of total 898453 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 23% and 107359 males are illiterate out of total 447545 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 36% and 163011 out of total 450908 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Chikmagalur district is 472818 and non-working population is 425635 and out of 472818 working population 132493 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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