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Karnataka, with a total population of 61,500,000, is one of the major states in South India. Kannada is the official language of Karnataka and is spoken as a native language of the people. Other linguistic minorities in the state are Tulu, Kodava, Konkani, Urdu, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil and Hindi. Karnataka is also in the forefront of population control measures with the world's first two birth control clinics being set up in 1930 in the Mandya district.〔 ==Population== According to the 2011 census of India, the total population of Karnataka is 6.25 crores. Of this, 50.9% are male and 49.1% are female. There is a decadal increase in population of 17.3% from 1991 to 2001. As per 2011 census, the Population density is 319 per km², the sex ratio is 973 females to 1000 males and 38.67% of the people in Karnataka live in urban areas. The literacy rate is 75.4% (as per the 2011 census). As per the 2001 census, the eight largest cities of Karnataka in order of their population are Bengaluru, Hubballi-Dharwad, Mysuru, Belagavi, Kalburgi, Mangaluru, Davanagere and Shivamogga. The state has one of the largest populations of Anglo-Indians in India. Given below is a composite table of languages and religions of Karnataka at the (census 2001 ) languages in karnataka Kannada = 80.00%, Urdu = 8.05%, Telugu = 3.03%, Tamil = 1.50%, Tulu = 2.43%, Konkani=1.40%, Marathi = 2.4%, others=1.18%, Bengaluru Urban and Belagavi are the most populous Districts, each of them having a population of more than three million. Gadaga, Chamarajanagara and Kodagu districts have a population of less than a million. 83% of the population are Hindu, 12.2% are Muslim, 3.1% are Christian, 0.8% are Jains, 0.7% are Buddhist, <0.1% are Sikhs, and remaining belong to other religions. Karnataka is also the location of some of tribes like, Nayaka, Soliga, and Yerava. The joint family system is prevalent in the rural areas of Karnataka and there are extreme cases like the Narasinganavars who reside in the Dharwada district and are recognised as one of the largest undivided families in the world. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Demographics of Karnataka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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