Dharwad is one of 30 districts located in southwest Indian state Karnataka. There are total 5 blocks which comes under Dharwad district, and there are total 379 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Dharwad district is 562 and number of houses in this district is 160674.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 797484. Out of total 797484, male population count is 409416, where as female population count is 388068 in Dharwad.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 101160 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 101160 children 52331 are boys and 48829 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Dharwad district is 62%. 501954 out of total 797484 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 70% and 289171 males are literate out of total 409416 male population, where as female literacy rate is 45% and 212783 out of total 388068 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Dharwad district is 37%. 295530 out of total 797484 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 29% and 120245 males are illiterate out of total 409416 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 45% and 175285 out of total 388068 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Dharwad district is 407220 and non-working population is 390264 and out of 407220 working population 136645 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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