List of districts in Karnataka

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The Indian State of Karnataka is divided into 30 districts and 4 administrative divisions. The state is geographically consisted of 4 principal regions: the coastal region of Karavali, the hilly Malenadu region comprising the Western Ghats, Are Malnadu region of Kolar, Bengaluru and Tumakuru and the Bayaluseeme region comprising the plains of the Deccan plateau.

Administrative divisions

Belagavi Division Bengaluru Division Kalaburagi Division Mysuru Division

Alphabetical listing of districts

Code[1] District Headquarters[2] Established[3][4] 'Subdivisions'(Taluka) Population[5](Template:As of) Area[2] Population density[5](Template:As of) Map
BK Bagalkot Bagalkot 15 August 1997[6] 1,889,752 Template:Convert Template:Convert
BN Bengaluru Urban Bengaluru 1 November 1956 9,621,551 Template:Convert Template:Convert
BR Bengaluru Rural Bengaluru 15 August 1986[8] 990,923 Template:Convert Template:Convert
BG Belagavi Belagavi 1 November 1956 4,779,661 Template:Convert Template:Convert
BL Bellary Ballari 1 November 1956 Bellari 2,452,595 Template:Convert Template:Convert
BD Bidar Bidar 1 November 1956 1,703,300 Template:Convert Template:Convert
BJ Vijayapura Vijayapura 1 November 1956 2,177,331 Template:Convert Template:Convert
CJ Chamarajanagar Chamarajanagar 15 August 1997[6] 1,020,791 Template:Convert Template:Convert
Chikballapur Chikballapur 10 September 2007[6] 1,255,104 Template:Convert[9] Template:Convert
CK Chikkamagaluru Chikkamagaluru 1 November 1956 1,137,961 Template:Convert Template:Convert
CT Chitradurga Chitradurga 1 November 1956 1,659,456 Template:Convert Template:Convert
DK Dakshina Kannada Mangaluru 1 November 1956 2,089,649 Template:Convert Template:Convert
DA Davanagere Davanagere 15 August 1997[6] 1,945,497 Template:Convert Template:Convert
DH Dharwad Dharwad 1 November 1956 1,847,023 Template:Convert Template:Convert
GA Gadag Gadag 24 August 1997[6] 1,064,570 Template:Convert Template:Convert
GU Kalaburagi Kalaburagi 1 November 1956 2,566,326 Template:Convert Template:Convert
HS Hassan Hassan 1 November 1956 1,776,421 Template:Convert Template:Convert
HV Haveri Haveri 24 August 1997[6] 1,597,668 Template:Convert Template:Convert
KD Kodagu Madikeri 1 November 1956 554,519 Template:Convert Template:Convert
KL Kolar Kolar 1 November 1956 1,536,401 Template:Convert[10] Template:Convert
KP Koppal Koppal 24 August 1997[6] 1,389,920 Template:Convert Template:Convert
MA Mandya Mandya 1 November 1956
(29 August 1939)[11][12] 		1,805,769 Template:Convert Template:Convert
MY Mysuru Mysuru 1 November 1956 3,001,127 Template:Convert Template:Convert File:Karnataka Mysore locator map.svg
RA Raichur Raichur 1 November 1956 1,928,812 Template:Convert Template:Convert File:Karnataka Raichur locator map.svg
Ramanagara Ramanagara 10 September 2007[6] 1,082,636 Template:Convert Template:Convert File:Karnataka Ramanagara locator map.svg
SH Shivamogga Shivamogga 1 November 1956 1,752,753 Template:Convert Template:Convert File:Karnataka Shimoga locator map.svg
TU Tumakuru Tumakuru 1 November 1956 2,678,980 Template:Convert Template:Convert File:Karnataka Tumkur locator map.svg
UD Udupi Udupi 25 August 1997[6] 1,177,361 Template:Convert Template:Convert File:Karnataka Udupi locator map.svg
UK Uttara Kannada Karwar 1 November 1956 1,437,169 Template:Convert Template:Convert File:Karnataka UK locator map.svg
Yadgir Yadgir 30 December 2009[13] 1,174,271 Template:Convert Template:Convert File:Karnataka Yadgir locator map.svg

References

  1. ↑ NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2. Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India(2004-08-18).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Know India — Districts of Karnataka. Government of India portal.
  3. ↑ Here 'Established' means year of establishment as a district of Karnataka. If the district was formed earlier to the formation of district in the state of Karnataka, 1 November 1956 will be considered as the day of establishment of the district.
  4. ↑ STATES REORGANISATION ACT 1956 - Formation of a new Mysore State.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 List of districts of Karnataka
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 A Handbook of Karnataka — Administration. Government of Karnataka.
  7. ↑ Bagalkot district statistics- Area and Population.
  8. ↑ District Profile.
  9. ↑ District Profile — Area and population.
  10. ↑ Kolar district at a glance.
  11. ↑ Note: This date means the day when the district was initially formed, even before the formation of the state of Karnataka(Mysuru). Hence 1 November 1956 will be considered as the day of formation of district in the state of Karnataka
  12. ↑ Formation of Mandya district.
  13. ↑ Creation of Yadgir district. Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 2009-12-30(30 December 2009).
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