47-688: Chikmagalur , officially Chikkamagaluru ( IPA: [t͡ʃikːɐmɐɡɐɭuːru] ) is an administrative district in the Malnad subregion of Karnataka, India . Coffee was first cultivated in India in Chikmagalur. The hills of Chikmagalur are parts of the Western Ghats and the source of Tunga and Bhadra rivers. Mullayanagiri , the highest peak in Karnataka is located in the district. The area
94-463: A population of 1,137,961, roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus or the US state of Rhode Island . This gives it a ranking of 408th in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has a population density of 158 inhabitants per square kilometre (410/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was −0.28%. Child proportion(0-6 Age) accounts for 9.26% of the population. Chikmagalur has
141-425: A sex ratio of 1005 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 79.24%. 21.05% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 22.29% and 3.95% of the population respectively. Among taluks, Sringeri taluk has the least population whereas Chikmagalur taluk has the highest population. Languages of Chikmagalur district (2011) At the time of the 2011 census, 72.74% of
188-513: A continuous decline in the 20th century. The following table lists estimates for the population of India (including what are now Pakistan and Bangladesh ) from prehistory up until 1820. It includes estimates and growth rates according to five economic historians, along with interpolated estimates and overall aggregate averages derived from their estimates. The population grew from the South Asian Stone Age in 10,000 BC to
235-519: A population between a quarter-million and half-million people, with larger cities including Agra (in Agra Subah ) with up to 800,000 people and Dhaka (in Bengal Subah ) with over 1 million people. Mughal India also had a large number of villages, with 455,698 villages by the time of Aurangzeb (reigned 1658–1707). The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It
282-492: A serious decline in the number of girls under the age of seven – activists posit that eight million female fetuses may have been aborted between 2001 and 2011. Mother tongue languages of India ( 2011 ) According to the 2001 census, 41.03% of the Indians spoke Hindi natively, while the rest spoke Assamese , Bengali , Gujarati , Maithili , Kannada , Malayalam , Marathi , Odia , Punjabi , Tamil , Telugu , Urdu and
329-599: A variety of other languages. There are a total of 122 languages and 234 mother tongues spoken in India. Of these, 22 languages are specified in the Eighth Schedule of Indian Constitution , while 100 are non-specified. The table below excludes Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul subdivisions of Senapati District of Manipur state due to cancellation of census results. Source 1: UN World Population Prospects Source 2: Our World in Data Structure of
376-523: Is a large district with its East-West dimension larger than its North-South. This vast area covers higher western ghats in the west to lower semi-arid plains in the east. Thus, evergreen forest, wet deciduous, dry deciduous and dry forests are all found in the district. Rainfall pattern follows West-East direction, with western portion receiving a whooping 5000mm rainfall annually and eastern portion receiving less than 1000mm. Kigga village in Sringeri taluk
423-628: Is also developing an Industrial Area of over 145 acres (0.59 km) near Amble village of Chikmagalur taluk. Hill stations in the district are: Kemmangundi , Kudremukh , Mullayanagiri , Baba Budan Giri also known as Datta Peeta , Deviramma Betta. Waterfalls are: Manikyadhara Falls , Kallathigiri Falls, Hebbe Falls , Shanti Falls, Shankar Falls, Hanumana Gundi Falls , Kadambi Falls, Sirimane Falls , Dabdabe Falls etc. Reservoirs and lakes are Bhadra Dam , Hirekolale lake, Ayyenkere lake etc. Temple towns are Sringeri , Horanadu , Kalasa , Narasimharajapura , Amritapura etc. Chikmagalur district
470-528: Is based on fairly good data for the entire years. Sources: Our World in Data and Gapminder Foundation . Life expectancy from 1881 to 1950 The population of India under the British Raj (including what are now Pakistan and Bangladesh) according to censuses: Studies of India's population since 1881 have focused on such topics as total population, birth and death rates, geographic distribution, literacy,
517-502: Is extremely high compared to the rest of the world, it is expected to surpass both China and India by the early 2030s. The table below summarises India's demographics (excluding the Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul subdivisions of Senapati district of Manipur state due to cancellation of census results) according to religion at the 2011 census in per cent. The data are "unadjusted" (without excluding Assam and Jammu and Kashmir );
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#1732779585285564-404: Is known for not well maintained roads. The poor state of the roads has hampered development of this district to some extent; more so because of the absence of even a good rail network in this district. The total length of roads in this district is 7264 km. There are only three National Highways that pass through this district. The National Highway NH-69 ( Bangalore to Honnavar ) passes through
611-680: Is now also declining. India has many ethnic groups, and every major religion is represented, as are four major families of languages ( Indo-European , Dravidian , Austroasiatic and Sino-Tibetan languages ) as well as two language isolates : the Nihali language , spoken in parts of Maharashtra , and the Burushaski language, spoken in parts of Jammu and Kashmir . 1,000,000 people in India are Anglo-Indians and between 25,000 and 70,000 people are Siddhis ,who are descendants of Bantu slaves brought by Arabs , Persians and Portuguese to
658-473: Is the most populous country in the world with one-sixth of the world's population . According to estimates from the United Nations (UN), India has overtaken China as the country with the largest population in the world , with a population of 1,425,775,850 at the end of April 2023. Between 1975 and 2010, the population doubled to 1.2 billion, reaching the billion mark in 2000. According to
705-413: Is the second largest coffee producing district in India, after Kodagu . The Coffee Board located in Chikmagalur town is the government authority that oversees the production and marketing of coffee cultivated in the district. Coffee is cultivated in Chikmagalur district in an area of around 85,465 hectares with Arabica being the dominant variety grown in upper hills and Robusta being the major variety in
752-426: Is the wettest place in the Chikmagalur district, as per Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC).Daily temperature ranges between 18-32°celsius on any given day across the district. During summers the temperature reaches as high as 38-40°C and during winters there is high diurnal temperature variation as the night temperature dips below 10°C. According to the 2011 census , Chikmagalur district has
799-608: Is well known for the Sringeri Mutt that houses the Dakshina Peeta established by Adi Shankaracharya . Chikmagalur district gets its name from its headquarters of Chikmagalur town. It is alternatively spelt as Chikkamagaluru or Chikmagalur . Chikmagalur literally means "The town of the younger daughter" in the Kannada language. The town is said to have been given as a dowry to the younger daughter of Rukmangada,
846-740: The CIA World Factbook , unless otherwise indicated. The TFR (total number of children born per women) by religion in 2005–2006 was: See Languages of India and List of languages by number of native speakers in India . There are 216 languages with more than 10,000 native speakers in India. The largest of these is Hindi with some 337 million, and the second largest is Bengali with 238 million. 22 languages are recognised as official languages . In India, there are 1,652 languages and dialects in total. Caste and community statistics as recorded from "Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission" (SEBC) or Mandal Commission of 1979. This
893-709: The Maurya Empire in 200 BC at a steadily increasing growth rate, before population growth slowed down in the classical era up to 500 AD, and then became largely stagnant during the early medieval era era up to 1000 AD. The population growth rate then increased in the late medieval era (during the Delhi Sultanate ) from 1000 to 1500. Under the Mughal Empire , India experienced a high economic and demographic upsurge, due to Mughal agrarian reforms that intensified agricultural production. 15% of
940-433: The median age of an Indian was 29.5 years, compared to 39.8 for China and 49.5 for Japan; and, by 2030; India's dependency ratio will be just over 0.4. However, the number of children in India peaked more than a decade ago and is now falling. The number of children under the age of five peaked in 2007, and since then the number has been falling. The number of Indians under 15 years old peaked slightly later (in 2011) and
987-564: The 1981 census was not conducted in Assam and the 1991 census was not conducted in Jammu and Kashmir. Missing citing/reference for "Changes in religious demagraphics over time" table below. The table below represents the infant mortality rate trends in India, based on sex, over the last 15 years. In the urban areas of India, average male infant mortality rates are slightly higher than average female infant mortality rates. India's 2011 census shows
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#17327795852851034-692: The District. A new railway line connecting Chikmagalur to the main Hubli–Bangalore trunk line was newly inaugurated and the commencement of the new line connecting Chikmagalur to Sakleshpur on the Bangalore–Mangalore trunk line has already been started. Chikmagalur district has a small airport near Gowdanahalli village about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Chikmagalur town. Its suitable for small charted planes. Airports at Mangalore and Bangalore can be used as an alternative. According to 2011 census,
1081-572: The Mughal Empire's urban population was up to 17 million people, larger than the urban population in Europe. By 1700, Mughal India had an urban population of 23 million people, larger than British India's urban population of 22.3 million in 1871. Nizamuddin Ahmad (1551–1621) reported that, under Akbar's reign, Mughal India had 120 large cities and 3,200 townships. A number of cities in India had
1128-666: The Tarikere Sub-Division comprises the taluks of Tarikere, Kadur , Ajjampura and Narasimharajapura . The Deputy Commissioner (also the District Magistrate) is the functional head of the district. Each Sub-Division has Assistant Commissioners and each Taluk has Tahsildars who work under the control and supervision of the Deputy Commissioner. Agriculture is the economical back bone of the Chikmagalur district with coffee cultivation forming
1175-495: The UN's World Population dashboard, India's population now stands at slightly over 1.428 billion, edging past China's population of 1.425 billion people, as reported by the news agency Bloomberg. In 2015, India's population was predicted to reach 1.7 billion by 2050. In 2017 its population growth rate was 0.98%, ranking 112th in the world; in contrast, from 1972 to 1983, India's population grew by an annual rate of 2.3%. In 2023,
1222-609: The beans in the hills of Chikmagalur. Chikmagalur, the headquarters of Chikmagalur district, is 251 kilometres (156 mi) from the state capital of Bangalore , and is surrounded by the Chandra Drona hills and dense forests. The district is between 12° 54´ 42´´ and 13° 53´ 53´´ North latitude and between 75° 04´ 46´´ and 76° 21´ 50´´ east longitude. Its greatest length from east to west is about 138.4 kilometres and from north to south 88.5 kilometres. The district receives normal average rainfall of 1925 mm. The highest point in
1269-407: The district is Mullayanagiri, 1,926 m above sea level which is also the highest point in the state of Karnataka. 30% of the district (2108.62 km) is covered with forests. The district borders Shimoga to the north, Davanagere to the north-east, Chitradurga and Tumkur districts to the east, Hassan to the south, Dakshina Kannada to the south-west and Udupi to the west. Chikmagalur
1316-413: The fewest at 80 primary schools (5822 students). Kadur Taluk with 74 secondary schools (9990 students) has the most secondary schools with Sringeri Taluk having the fewest at 9 secondary schools (1492 students). As of 2001, there are 46 colleges (with 4711 students) offering Higher Secondary (Pre-University) education in Chikmagalur district. Kadur Taluk with 12 Higher-Secondary colleges (1324 students) has
1363-797: The great king of Hoysala empire, has built the Shri Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple at Yagati in Kadur Taluk and Amriteshwara temple at Amrithapura in Tarikere Taluk. Coffee was introduced into India through the Chikmagalur district when the first coffee crop was grown in the baba budan giri range during 1670 AD. The saint Baba Budan on his pilgrimage to Mecca travelled through the seaport of Mocha, Yemen where he discovered coffee. To introduce its taste to India, he wrapped seven coffee beans around his belly and got them out of Arabia . On his return home, he planted
1410-586: The legendary chief of Sakkarepatna and hence the name. Chikmagalur is the region where the Hoysala rulers started and spent the early days of their dynasty. According to a legend, it was at Sosevur, now identified with Angadi in Mudigere Taluk that Sala, the founder of the Hoysala dynasty, killed the legendary tiger, immortalised in the Hoysala crest. It is known that Veera Ballala II (1173 – 1220 CE),
1457-599: The low level hills. There are around 15,000 coffee growers in this district with 96% of them being small growers with holdings of less than or equal to 4 hectares. The average production is 55,000 MT: 35,000 MT of Arabica and 20,000 MT of Robusta. The average productivity per hectare is 810 kg for Arabica and 1110 kg of Robusta, which are higher than the national average. Chikmagalur district unfortunately has not made good progress in terms of Industrial Development. Inadequate infrastructure investors preferring non-industrial ventures over industrial ones are quoted as some of
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1504-487: The major part of it. Agricultural production in the district is spread over three seasons — namely Kharif , Rabi and Summer. Important crops grown are cereals, i.e. rice, ragi , jowar , maize and minor millets, pulses like red gram , horse gram , green gram , avrekai ( Hyacinth Beans ), black gram and Bengal gram . Oil seeds like groundnut , sesamum , sunflower, castor and commercial crops like sugarcane, cotton, and tobacco are also grown here. Chikmagalur
1551-451: The maximum 4 graduate colleges (with 1648 students) whereas kadur has 2 and Koppa , Mudigere , Narasimharajapura and Sringeri taluks have only 1 graduate college each. As of 2001, there are 1620 primary schools (with 151,923 students) and 235 secondary schools (high schools with 34,607 students) in Chikmagalur district. Chikmagalur taluk with 414 primary schools (42,774 students) has the most primary schools with Sringeri Taluk having
1598-594: The most Higher-secondary colleges with Sringeri Taluk having the fewest, two Higher-secondary colleges (160 students). Administrative district Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.237 via cp1104 cp1104, Varnish XID 203009964 Upstream caches: cp1104 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:39:45 GMT Demographics of India (April 2023 est.) India
1645-530: The percentage literacy rate of Chikmagalur district is 79.25% with 85.41% of males and 73.16% of females being literate. The literacy rate of Chikmagalur is higher than the average literacy rate of Karnataka state which is 75.36%. Sringeri Taluk has the highest literacy rate of 92.68% and Kadur Taluk with 74.33% being the least literate one. As of 2011, there are 13 degree colleges (with 4615 students) offering graduate education in Chikmagalur district which are affiliated to Kuvempu University . Chikmagalur taluk has
1692-621: The population (Census 9.II.2011) Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (03.III.2016) (Data are projections based on the 2011 Population Census.): Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.III.2021) (Includes data for the Indian-held part of Jammu and Kashmir, the final status of which has not yet been determined. Data are projections based on the 2011 Population Census.): From the Demographic Health Survey: The following demographic statistics are from
1739-442: The population lived in urban centres, higher than the percentage of the population in 19th-century British India and contemporary Europe up until the 19th century. These estimates by Abraham Eraly and Paolo Malanima have been criticised by Tim Dyson , who considers them exaggerations and estimates urbanisation of the Mughal Empire to be less than 9% of the population. Under the reign of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) in 1600,
1786-510: The population spoke Kannada , 7.39% Urdu , 5.52% Tulu , 3.75% Tamil , 2.79% Telugu , 2.47% Malayalam , 1.97% Lambadi and 1.30% Konkani as their first language. Chikmagalur district falls under the Mysore Division of Karnataka. It is divided into two Revenue Sub-divisions, Chikmagalur Sub-Division and Tarikere Sub-Division. Chikmagalur Sub-Division comprises the taluks of Chikmagalur, Koppa , Mudigere and Sringeri whereas
1833-480: The reasons for the backwardness of Industrial Development in this district. There is only one Large Scale industry in this district, i.e. M/s Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL) in Kudremukh area of Mudigere Taluk. KIOCL was established in 1976 to develop the Kudremukh mine and to produce 7.5 million tonnes of concentrate per year. The facilities were commissioned in 1980 and the first shipment of concentrate
1880-581: The rural and urban divide, cities of a million, and the three cities with populations over eight million: Delhi, Greater Mumbai (Bombay), and Kolkata (Calcutta). Mortality rates fell in the period 1920–45, primarily due to biological immunisation. Suggestions that it was the benefits of colonialism are refuted by academic thinking: "There can be no serious, informed belief... that... late colonial era mortality diminished and population grew rapidly because of improvements in income, living standards, nutrition, environmental standards, sanitation or health policies, nor
1927-460: The social backlash that may result thereof, efforts are being made to generate jobs for these workers in other areas. There are two industrial estates in Chikmagalur district, one located near Chikmagalur town and the other near Birur in Kadur Taluk. The Chikmagalur Industrial Estate is spread over 13.20 acres (53,400 m) of land where the one at Birur is spread over 11.1 acres (45,000 m). Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB)
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1974-413: The towns of Kadur, Tarikere and NH-173 passes through Kadur - Chikmagalur - Mudigere connecting Mangaluru via Charmadi ghat. There is a proposal to upgrade. Chikmagalur, Kadur and Tarikere and Ajjampura taluks have railway lines passing through them. The total length of railway line passing through the district is 136 km. Birur Junction and Kadur Junction railway station are the two Railway Junctions in
2021-613: The tribal groups as Scheduled Castes and Tribes (see list of Scheduled Tribes in India ). For a list of ethnic groups in the Republic of India (as well as neighbouring countries), see South Asian ethnic groups . Linguistic groups in India chart According to a 2009 study published by Reich et al. ., the modern Indian population is composed of two genetically divergent and heterogeneous populations which mixed in ancient times (about 1,200–3,500 BP), known as Ancestral North Indians (ANI) and Ancestral South Indians (ASI). ASI corresponds to
2068-475: The western coast of India during the Middle Ages and the colonial period . They represent over 0.1% of the total population of India. Overall, only the continent of Africa exceeds the linguistic, genetic and cultural diversity of the nation of India. The sex ratio was 944 females for 1000 males in 2016, and 940 per 1000 in 2011. This ratio has been showing an upwards trend for the last two decades after
2115-748: Was completed in 1983. India has chosen not to officially count caste population since then. The following data are from the Mandal report: Sources: 2. **1961 Census of India:** 3. **1971 Census of India:** 4. **1981 Census of India:** 5. **1991 Census of India:** 6. **2001 Census of India:** 7. **2011 Census of India:** 2. Ludden, David. (2013). India and South Asia: A Short History . Oneworld Publications. ISBN 1780741086 . 3. Bhagat, R. B. (2004). "Census Enumeration in India, 1991 and 2001: Issues and Concerns." Economic and Political Weekly . The national Census of India does not recognise racial or ethnic groups within India, but recognises many of
2162-525: Was made in October 1981. A pelletisation plant with a capacity of 3 million tonnes per year was commissioned in 1987 for production of high quality blast furnace and direct reduction grade pellets for export. KIOCL received a massive setback when its mining licence expired and operations were stopped by the Supreme Court with effect from 31 December 2005. With many of the employees losing their jobs and
2209-454: Was there a cultural transformation...". India occupies 2.41% of the world's land area but supports over 18% of the world's population. At the 2001 census 72.2% of the population lived in about 638,000 villages and the remaining 27.8% lived in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations . India's population exceeded that of the entire continent of Africa by 200 million people in 2010. However, because Africa's population growth
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