Population, 2011
20.9 lakh
221st of 640 in India, 8th of 30 in Karnataka
Literacy rate
88.6%
33rd in India, 1st in Karnataka
Sex ratio
1020
females per 1,000 males; India 943
Child sex ratio (0-6)
947
girls per 1,000 boys; India 918
Urban population
47.7%
9.96 lakh in towns and cities
Households
4.4 lakh
4.8 people per household
Dakshina Kannada against Karnataka and India
| Measure, 2011 | Dakshina Kannada | Karnataka | India |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 20,89,649 | 6,10,95,297 | 1,21,08,54,977 |
| Literacy rate (age 7+) | 88.6% | 75.4% | 73.0% |
| Male literacy | 93.1% | 82.5% | 80.9% |
| Female literacy | 84.1% | 68.1% | 64.6% |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 1020 | 973 | 943 |
| Child sex ratio (age 0-6) | 947 | 948 | 918 |
| Urban population | 47.7% | 38.7% | 31.1% |
| Scheduled Castes | 7.1% | 17.1% | 16.6% |
| Scheduled Tribes | 3.9% | 7.0% | 8.6% |
| Workers, share of population | 47.8% | 45.6% | 39.8% |
| Women who work, share of women | 35.7% | 31.9% | 25.5% |
| Children aged 0-6, share of population | 10.0% | 11.7% | 13.6% |
| Persons per household | 4.75 | 4.57 | 4.85 |
Literacy in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka and India
People aged 7 and over who can read and write, per cent, 2011
What workers do in Dakshina Kannada
Share of all workers (main and marginal), per cent, 2011
Other districts in Karnataka
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengaluru Urban (Bangalore) | 96,21,551 | 87.7% | 916 | 90.9% |
| 2 | Belagavi (Belgaum) | 47,79,661 | 73.5% | 973 | 25.3% |
| 3 | Mysuru (Mysore) | 30,01,127 | 72.8% | 985 | 41.5% |
| 4 | Tumakuru (Tumkur) | 26,78,980 | 75.1% | 984 | 22.4% |
| 5 | Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) | 25,66,326 | 64.8% | 971 | 32.6% |
| 6 | Ballari (Bellary) | 24,52,595 | 67.4% | 983 | 37.5% |
| 7 | Vijayapura (Bijapur) | 21,77,331 | 67.2% | 960 | 23.1% |
| 8 | Dakshina Kannada | 20,89,649 | 88.6% | 1020 | 47.7% |
| 9 | Davanagere | 19,45,497 | 75.7% | 972 | 32.3% |
| 10 | Raichur | 19,28,812 | 59.6% | 1000 | 25.4% |
| 11 | Bagalkot | 18,89,752 | 68.8% | 989 | 31.6% |
| 12 | Dharwad | 18,47,023 | 80.0% | 971 | 56.8% |
| 13 | Mandya | 18,05,769 | 70.4% | 995 | 17.1% |
| 14 | Hassan | 17,76,421 | 76.1% | 1010 | 21.2% |
| 15 | Shivamogga (Shimoga) | 17,52,753 | 80.5% | 998 | 35.6% |
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Questions
What is the population of Dakshina Kannada district?
Dakshina Kannada district had 20,89,649 people in the 2011 Census (10,34,714 males and 10,54,935 females). It was the 221st most populous of India's 640 districts and 8th of 30 in Karnataka.
What is the literacy rate of Dakshina Kannada?
88.57% in 2011: 93.13% for men and 84.13% for women, counting people aged seven and over. The Karnataka rate was 75.36% and India's 72.98%.
What is the sex ratio of Dakshina Kannada?
1020 females per 1,000 males in 2011, against 973 in Karnataka and 943 in India. Among children aged 0 to 6 it was 947 girls per 1,000 boys.
How urban is Dakshina Kannada?
47.7% of its people lived in towns and cities in 2011, more than the Karnataka share of 38.7%.
Is this the latest data?
Yes for district-level counts of population, literacy and workers: the 2011 Census is the latest completed census. Census 2027 will replace these figures. District boundaries are as they were in 2011.
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India in Data, "Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka: Census 2011 population, literacy and workers". https://indiaindata.online/districts/karnataka/dakshina-kannada. Original source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India).
About these figures
All figures are from the 2011 Census, the most recent completed census of India, published in the Primary Census Abstract by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner. The next census, Census 2027, will replace them.
Districts are shown as they were in 2011. Many states have created new districts since, so a district today may be smaller than the one shown here. Districts are grouped under today's states and union territories: the ten 2011 districts now in Telangana are under Telangana, Leh and Kargil are under Ladakh, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are shown together. Districts renamed since 2011 carry their current name, with the Census name in brackets.
Literacy rate is the share of people aged seven and over who can read and write with understanding. Sex ratio is females per 1,000 males; child sex ratio is the same for children aged 0 to 6. Workers include main workers (six months or more of work in the year) and marginal workers (less than six months).