Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
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)
