Gadag-Betageri — UN urban centre
Gadag-Betageri: 246,730 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,365 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9359; territory: India (IND). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 15.4305, 75.637. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 131,656 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 140,463 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 152,975 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 164,288 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 185,650 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 205,513 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 220,773 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 229,715 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 237,718 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 243,379 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 246,730 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 251,615 | Projection |
| 2035 | 254,277 | Projection |
| 2040 | 255,382 | Projection |
| 2045 | 256,072 | Projection |
| 2050 | 255,221 | Projection |
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