District Kalaburagi PIN 585 310 Area 4.25 km² Population 19,174 (2001) Area code 08442 | Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code 08442 Elevation 393 m Local time Saturday 3:09 PM ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | |
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Weather 34°C, Wind W at 10 km/h, 14% Humidity | ||
Jevargi is a Panchayat town in Kalaburagi district in Karnataka, India. It is the headquarters of the Jevargi Taluk.
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Map of Jevargi, Karnataka 585310
Geography
Jevargi is located at 17.02°N 76.77°E / 17.02; 76.77. It has an average elevation of 393 meters (1,289 ft). The town is spread over an area of 4.25 square kilometres (1.64 sq mi).
Jevargi Taluk borders 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 Sindgi Taluk to the west. The Bhima River flows just north of Jevargi.
Demographics
As of the 2001 India census, Jevargi had a population of 19,174 people, 51% male and 49% female. Jevargi has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5 percent. The male literacy rate was 63% while the female literacy rate was only 43%, slightly worse than the national literacy gap in gender. Seventeen percent of the population was under six years of age.