Jevargi | |
Other Name: | Jewargi |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Karnataka |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Karnataka, India |
Coordinates: | 17.02°N 76.77°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kalaburagi |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 4.25 |
Elevation M: | 393 |
Population Total: | 25,685 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Jevargiyavaru |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 585 310 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 08442 |
Registration Plate: | KA 32 |
Iso Code: | IN-KA |
Jēvargi is a town in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka, India. It is the headquarters of the Jevargi Taluk.
Jevargi has an average elevation of . The town is spread over an area of .[1]
Jevargi Taluk is bordered by Afzalpur Taluk and Gulbarga Taluk to the north, Chitapur Taluk to the east, Shahpur Taluk to the south-east, Shorapur Taluk to the south and Sindagi Taluk to the west. The Bhima River flows north of Jevargi.
As of the 2011 census of India, Jevargi had a population of 25,685 people, 12,976 and 12,710 females giving a sex ratio of 980. Jevargi has an average literacy rate of 73.83%, lower than the national average of 75.36%. The male literacy rate was 82.75% while the female literacy rate was only 64.78%, slightly worse than the national literacy gap in gender. 15.9 percent of the population was under six years of age.