Shivamogga is one of 30 districts located in southwest Indian state Karnataka. There are total 7 blocks which comes under Shivamogga district, and there are total 1530 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Shivamogga district is 568 and number of houses in this district is 259456.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1129026. Out of total 1129026, male population count is 565821, where as female population count is 563205 in Shivamogga.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 119703 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 119703 children 61149 are boys and 58554 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Shivamogga district is 68%. 770817 out of total 1129026 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 74% and 419590 males are literate out of total 565821 male population, where as female literacy rate is 37% and 351227 out of total 563205 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Shivamogga district is 31%. 358209 out of total 1129026 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 25% and 146231 males are illiterate out of total 565821 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 37% and 211978 out of total 563205 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Shivamogga district is 554351 and non-working population is 574675 and out of 554351 working population 182116 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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