Demographics
As of the 2011 census, Davangere city has a population of 435,125. Males constitute 52% of the population, and females 48%. Davangere has an average literacy rate of 85%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74% and, female literacy is 64%. In Davangere, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Davangere is a mixed community centre. The majority are Lingayats with different sub-castes within the community. The mixed culture had previously developed very good tolerance for each other's religious practices.
Davanagere is located on the Bangalore-Pune national highway NH4, which is part of the Golden Quadrilateral highway network. Geographically, the city is divided into Old Davanagere and New Davanagere. Old Davanagere comprises most of the market areas, such as Mandipet, Hasabavi Circle, Avaragolla,Kaddlebalu,Chowkipet, Kaipet, Chamrajpet, K.R. Market, Kalikadevi road; and residential areas like Gandhinagar, Anekonda, Basavapura, Shivajinagar, Devaraj Urs Layout, SM Krishna Nagara, S S Layout, Karur,Kondajji, etc.
New Davanagere comprises residential extensions, including: Nittuvalli, KTJ Nagar, KB Extn,Srinivasa Nagar, PJ Extn, MCC A Block, MCC B Block, Anjaneya Extension, Swamy Vivekananda Extension, Shamanur,Naganur, Shiramgondanahalli, Nijalingappa Layout, SS layout A Block, SS Layout B Block, Vinobha Nagar,Bati, Vidyanagara, Taralabalu Badavane,Sanjeevininagar, Vinayaka Nagara, Sarswathi Nagara, Shivakumara Swamy Nagar, 1st stage and 2nd stage, Ranganatah Badavane,Jaya Nagara A Block, Jaya Nagara B Block, DCM Layout, Ragavendra Nagara, Shakthi Nagara, LIC colony, Avargere, Vinayaka extension, Banshankri, Belavanur, Tolahunasi, Sri Ram Nagara, S O G Colony, Bhoomika Nagara, Siddaveerappa Nagara, etc. The national highway 4 and the railway track exactly cut the city into two halves. In the late 18th century, Haidar Ali, ruler of Mysore, gave Davanagere to the Maratha leader Apoji Ram, who encouraged merchants to settle there. The city eventually developed into an area with a large-scale textile industry and as a trading center for cotton and grain. Davanagere has established 803 villages.
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