Uttangi is a village in the southern state of

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. Uttangi, Vijayanagara, Karnataka It is located in the Hadagalli

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Vijayanagara district Vijayanagara district is a district in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, located in the Kalyana-Karnataka region. Vijayanagara was officially carved out of Ballari on 17 November 2021 to become the 31st district of the state with Hospe ...

in Karnataka.

Demographics

Uttangi is a large village located in Hadagalli

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with total 1144 families residing. The Uttangi village has population of 5,666 of which 2,891 are males while 2,775 are females as per the 2011 Census of India. In Uttangi village population of children with ages of 0-6 is 621 which makes up 10.96 % of total population of the village. Average

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of Uttangi is 960 which is lower than the Karnataka state average of 973. Child sex ratio for the Uttangi as per the 2011 census is 929, lower than Karnataka average of 948. Uttangi village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Uttangi village was 76.39 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Uttangi Male literacy stands at 83.38 % while female literacy rate was 69.14 %. As per the

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and the

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, Uttangi village is administrated by a

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(head of the village) who is an elected representative of village.

Notable persons

* Channappa Daniel Uttangi, Indian reverend and writer

References

Villages in Vijayanagara district {{Bellary-geo-stub