| Voice of Bellary : Rudresh
Following are the social and developmental challenges of Bellary
district:
Presence of many mine industries has increased the percentage of
child labour.
High rate of illiteracy among the children and women.
Bellary District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 8450.0 Km2
Population in BELLARY (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 25,32,383
Male : 12,80,402
Female : 12,51,981
Under 6 population
Total : 3,41,804
Male : 1,74,946
Female : 1,66,858
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 37270
In seeing : 18127
In speech : 3407
In hearing : 1595
In movement : 10943
Mental : 3198
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 160
Sex Ratio Rank : 414 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 247 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 420 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Bellary District
1.1 Bellary district takes its name from the word
Balari which refers to goddess Durugamma as this goddess had marijested
herself in the town. Some of the events in the great epic Ramayana
are related to this historical place. It is said that Rama while
searching for Sita met Sugreeva and Hanuman at a place which is
very near to Hampi, the celebrated capital of Vijayanagara kingdom.
The history speaks volumes about significant role it acquired during
Satavahanas, Kadambas, Chalukyas of Kalyana, Kalachuryas, Sevunas
and Hoysalas period. There upon the Vijayanagara rulers built the
" City of Victory " on the bank of Tungabhadra river at Hampi in
Hospet Taluk. This area which had witnessed the prosperity to its
peak fell into political turmoil after the fall of Vijayanagara
in 1565. This district was transferred to the erstwhile Mysore State
on 1st October 1953 from Madras State. With the re-organisation
of the districts during 1997, the number of taluks is reduced to
7. The Harapanahalli taluk has been transferred to Davanagere district.
1.2 Bellary district is spread from South-West
to North – East and is situated on the eastern side of Karnataka
State. The district is situated between 14o 30’ and 15o50’ north
latitude and 75o 40’ and 77o 11’ east longitude. This district is
bounded by Raichur district on the north by Dharwad district on
the west, Chitradurga and Davangere districts on the south and Anantapur,
Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh on east.It comes under the administrative
control of Gulbarga division and development jurisdiction of H.K.D.B,
Gulbarga.
1.3 As per 1991 census the population of the district
stood at 16.53 lakhs. The geographical area is 8447 sq.km. It has
2 revenue sub divisions viz., Bellary Sub-Division and Hospet Sub-Division
which have in all seven taluks. The Bellary Sub- Division has 3
taluks while there are five taluks in Hospet Sub-Division. There
are 27 hoblies, two CMCs one Town Municipality, seven Town Panchayat
542 Revenue villages, 436 Thandas/habitations. The rural population
constitute 70%. The density of population is 196 per sq.km which
is much lower than the State average of 235 per sq.km. However the
decimal growth rate for 1981-91 was 26.92 P.C which is higher than
the State growth rate of 21.12 p.c. The SC/ST population constitute
28 p.c. of the total population. The sex-ratio was 965 which is
slightly higher than the state average of 960. The normal rainfall
is 639mm.
1.4 The major occupation of this district is agriculture
and 75 p.c. total labour force is dependent on agriculture for its
livelihood. The important crops grown are Cotton, Jowar, Groundnut,
Paddy, Sunflower and Cereals. The net irrigated area is 37 p.c.
to the net area sown. The pattern of land utilization in the district
is as under (1997-98)
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