DISTRICT PROFILE

Davangere district occupies 12^th place in Karnataka State with a population of 17,89,693 as per the general census of 2001. The following table demonstrates the blockwise population of Davangere district and the rate of literacy.

Table showing the blockwise population along with the rate of

literacy of Davangere District.

Sl. No.	NAME OF THE BLOCK	POPULATION			LITERACY RATE
		Male	Female	Total	Male in %	Female in %	Total in %
1	Channagiri	149840	142522	292362	74.97	57.53	66.46
2	Davangere	309214	292451	601665	81.18	66.44	74.02
3	Harihara	137683	131037	268720	77.9	60.81	69.57
4	Harapanahalli	126178	119449	245627	66.93	44.72	56.11
5	Honnali	113500	108990	222490	76.98	56.45	66.92
6	Jagalur	80905	77924	158829	73.8	51.68	62.95
	Total	917320	872373	1789693	76.44	58.45	67.67

Source: General census 2001.

It is obvious from the above table that the total population of the district is 17,89,693. The table also reflects upon the literacy rate of the district. The literacy rate of male is higher than that of female. Our district is the 7^th most literate districts in Karnataka with a literacy rate of 67.67% as against state literacy rate of 67.04%.

There has been a phenomenal growth of education soon after a new district was conceived in the year November 1997. At present, there is a steady growth in the number of primary and secondary schools. It is notable that the private management have also a considerable role to play in meeting the needs of ever growing population. Bapuji Education Association, Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Education Association, Saint Paul’s Missionary etc., are few of them to be mentioned. In recent days SC/ST and backward class management have also evinced keen enthusiasm to cater to the educational needs of rural population.

Status of schools & teachers in the district

Sl. No.	Name of the Black	L.P.S.	No . of Teachers	H.P.S.	No . of Teachers
1 2 3 4 5 6 7	Davangere (North) Davangere (South) Channagiri Harapanahalli Harihar Honnali Jagalur	111 99 160 155 81 109 110	252 166 356 390 190 236 259	168 122 164 139 113 125 106	595 594 931 833 612 734 508
	Total	825	1849	937	4807

ESTABLISHMENT

D.I.E.T. is nodal agency, which endeavors to ensure the qualitative education in primary schools of the district. It functions under the supervision of D.S.E.R.T. which is an apex body at the state level.

The principal of D.I.E.T. is drawn from the cadre of Deputy Directors. There are seven senior lecturers drawn from the cadre of Education Officers. Likewise, there are 17 lecturers in D.I.E.T. drawn from the cadre of secondary school H.Ms.

Historical background :

A great Maratha warrior by name Appaji Rao had rendered great service to Hyder Ali Khan in capturing Chitradurga fort. Hyder Ali Khan was very much pleased with Appaji Rao, who had made great sacrifices in the wars waged by him. Davangere was handed over to Appaji Rao as a Jahagir. It was a very small village of about 500 houses in its perview. Appaji Rao had to toil for the upliftment of this area by inviting Maratha businessmen from neighbouring Maharastra. A large number of Marathas arrived at this place to carry on business in silk, brasserie and other materials. In due course, due to the incessant efforts of Appaji Rao, the Davangere village grew into a city. Businessmen from neigbouring areas also migrated to try their fortunes in the growing city were successful beyond imagination in earning and shaping their future careers. These circumstances created an opportunity for the perennial growth of the town in modern days. The word ‘Davanger’ is derived from “Davangere”, which means a rope in kannada language which was used for tying the horses by the villages. Around 1811 A.D., this area came to be called as ‘Davangere’.

Geographical Features

To the West of Davangere city, river Tungabhadra flows from Western direction, thereby irrigating nearly 50,000 acres of land in and around Davangere District, besides small rivers like Chikkahagari, Chinnahagari and Haridravathi.

The new Davanagere district was conceived in 1997 with six revenue talukas, namely Davanagere, Channagiri, Jagalur, Harapanahalli, Honnali and Harihara. Total area of Davangere district is 5498397 sq. km The adjacent districts of Davanagere district are Chitradurga district to the East, Haveri to the West, Bellary to the North and Shimoga to the South.

The following table gives the area description of each taluk.

Sl. No.	Name of the Taluk	Area in Sq kms
1	Davangere	556.72
2	Honnali	856.07
3	Channagiri	1,212
4	Harapanahalli	1,422.03
5	Harihara	486.08
6	Jagalur	966.07
Total area of the district		5,498.97