the decade 2001-2011 was 16.02%. Bengaluru Rural has a sex ratio of 945 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 78.29%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 21.57% and 5.34% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census, 65.67% of the population spoke Kannada, 23.84% Telugu, 7.22% Urdu and 1.29% Tamil as their first language. See also One School at a Time References External links Official website Districts of Karnataka 1986 establishments in Karnataka