List of districts of Karnataka

The Indian State of Karnataka consists of 31 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions. The state geographically has 3 principal regions: the coastal region of Karavali, the hilly Malenadu region comprising the Western Ghats, and the Bayaluseeme region, comprising the plains of the Deccan plateau.

4 Divisions and 31 Districts of Indian state of Karnataka.

History

Mysore State that was created during States Reorganisation of 1956.

It took its present shape in 1956, when the former states of Mysore and Coorg were merged with the Kannada-speaking districts of the former states of Bombay, Hyderabad, and Madras. Unified Mysore state was made up of ten districts, Bengaluru, Kolar, Tumakuru, Mandya, Mysuru, Hassana, Chikkamagaluru , Shivamogga, Chitradurga, and Ballari which had been transferred from Madras state to Mysore in 1953, when the new state of Andhra Pradesh was created out of Madras' northern districts.[1] Coorg State became a district known as Kodagu,[2] Dakshina Kannada was transferred from Madras State, Uttara Kannada, Dharwad, Belagavi, and Vijayapura from Bombay State. Bidar, Kalaburagi, and Raichuru from Hyderabad State. It received its new name of Karnataka in the year 1973.

On 15 August 1986, Chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde's administration created districts of,

Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Urban from erstwhile Bengaluru.

On 25 August 1997, Chief minister J. H. Patel's administration created districts of,

Chamarajanagara from Mysuru
Davanagere from Chitradurga, Ballari and Shivamogga
Bagalkote from Vijayapura
Gadaga and Haveri from Dharwada
Udupi from Dakshina Kannada
Koppala from Raichuru

On 21 June 2007, Chief minister H. D. Kumarswamy's administration created districts of,[3]

Ramanagara from Bengaluru Rural
Chikkaballapura from Kolar

On 30 December 2009, Chief minister B. S. Yediyurappa's administration created district of,[4]

Yadagiri from Kalaburagi.

On 18 November 2020, Chief minister B. S. Yediyurappa's administration created district of, [5]

Vijayanagara from Ballari.

Currently there are demands to carve out the following district,

Chikkodi and Gokak from Belagavi (largest district)
Tipaturu and Madhugiri from Tumakuru
Sirsi from Uttara Kannada
Putturu from Dakshina Kannada
Hunasuru from Mysuru
Jamakhandi from Bagalkote
Indi from Vijayapura
Sedam from Kalaburagi
Sindhanuru from Raichuru

Administrative structure

4 Divisions of Indian State of Karnataka.

31 Districts of Indian state of Karnataka.

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a District Commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service selected through the UPSC examination. The district commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to the Karnataka Administrative Service selected through the KPSC examination.

A Superintendent of Police (India), usually an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service selected through the UPSC examination. is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Karnataka Police Service and other Karnataka Police officials. Big cities like Bengaluru, Belagavi, Hubballi-Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Mangaluru and Mysuru are headed by a Commissioner of Police holding the rank of Additional Director General of Police(ADGP) for Bengaluru, Inspector General of Police (IGP) for Mysuru and Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for Belagavi, Hubballi-Dharwad, Kalaburagi and Mangaluru. They are assisted by officers belonging to the Karnataka Police Service selected through the KPSC examination.

A Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service selected through the UPSC examination is responsible for managing the forests, the environment and wildlife of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Karnataka Forest Service selected through the KPSC examination.

Sect-oral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as Public Works, Health, Education, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the various state services.

Administrative divisions

Kitturu Karnataka Division	Bengaluru Division	Kalyana Karnataka Division	Mysuru Division
Bagalkote Belagavi (Headquarters) Dharwada Gadaga Haveri Uttara Kannada Vijayapura	Bengaluru Rural Bengaluru Urban (Headquarters) Chikkaballapura Chitradurga Davanagere Kolar Ramanagara Shivamogga Tumakuru	Ballari Bidar Kalaburagi (Headquarters) Koppala Raichuru Vijayanagara Yadagiri	Chamarajanagara Chikkamagaluru Dakshina Kannada Hassan Kodagu Mandya Mysuru (Headquarters) Udupi

Alphabetical listing of districts

Code[6]	District	Headquarters[7]	Established[8][9]	Subdivisions(Taluka)	Population[10](As of 2011)	Area[7]	Population density[10](As of 2011)
BK	Bagalkot	Bagalkot	15 August 1997[11]	Badami Bagalkot Bilgi Ilkal Hunagunda Rabkavi Banhatti Terdal Guledgudda Jamkhandi Mudhol	1,889,752	6,575 km² (2,539 sq mi)	288/km² (750/sq mi)
BN	Bengaluru Urban	Bengaluru	1 November 1956	Anekal Yelahanka Bangalore North Bangalore East Bangalore South	9,621,551	2,190 km² (850 sq mi)	4,393/km² (11,380/sq mi)
BR	Bengaluru Rural	Bengaluru	15 August 1986[12]	Devanahalli Doddaballapura Hosakote Nelamangala	990,923	2,259 km² (872 sq mi)	431/km² (1,120/sq mi)
BG	Belagavi	Belagavi	1 November 1956	Athni Bailhongal Belgaum Chikodi Gokak Hukkeri Khanapur Kagawad Mudalagi Nippani Kittur Raybag Ramdurg Saundatti Yaragatti	4,779,661	13,415 km² (5,180 sq mi)	356/km² (920/sq mi)
BL	Ballary	Ballary	1 November 1956	Bellari Kampli Kurugodu Sanduru Siruguppa	1,400,970	4,252 km² (1,642 sq mi)	290/km² (750/sq mi)
BD	Bidar	Bidar	1 November 1956	Bidar Basavakalyan Kamalnagar Hulasuru Chitgoppa Bhalki Homnabad Aurad	1,703,300	5,448 km² (2,103 sq mi)	313/km² (810/sq mi)
BJ	Vijayapura	Vijayapura	1 November 1956	Vijayapura Indi Muddebihal Babaleshwar Nidagundi Tikota Devara Hippargi Talikote Chadchan Kolhar Sindgi Basavana Bagevadi Almel	2,177,331	10,498 km² (4,053 sq mi)	210/km² (540/sq mi)
CJ	Chamarajanagar	Chamarajanagar	15 August 1997[11]	Chamarajanagar Gundlupet Kollegal Hanur Yelandur	1,020,791	5,101 km² (1,970 sq mi)	181/km² (470/sq mi)
CB	Chikkaballapura	Chikballapur	10 September 2007[11]	Bagepalli Chikballapur Chintamani Gauribidanur Gudibanda Sidlaghatta	1,255,104	4,524 km² (1,747 sq mi)[13]	296/km² (770/sq mi)
CK	Chikkamagaluru	Chikkamagaluru	1 November 1956	Chikmagalur Kadur Koppa Mudigere Kalasa Narasimharajapura Sringeri Ajjampura Tarikere	1,137,961	7,201 km² (2,780 sq mi)	158/km² (410/sq mi)
CT	Chitradurga	Chitradurga	1 November 1956	Challakere Chitradurga Hiriyur Holalkere Hosadurga Molakalmuru	1,659,456	8,440 km² (3,260 sq mi)	197/km² (510/sq mi)
DK	Dakshina Kannada	Mangalore	1 November 1956	Bantwal Beltangadi Mangalore Moodabidri Kadaba Puttur Sulya	2,089,649	4,560 km² (1,760 sq mi)	430/km² (1,100/sq mi)
DA	Davanagere	Davanagere	15 August 1997[11]	Channagiri Davanagere Harihar Honnali Jagalur Nyamati	1,643,494	4,460 km² (1,720 sq mi)	370/km² (960/sq mi)
DH	Dharwad	Dharwad	1 November 1956	Annigeri Alnavara Dharwad Hubli Hubli City Kalghatgi Kundgol Navalgund	1,847,023	4,260 km² (1,640 sq mi)	434/km² (1,120/sq mi)
GA	Gadag	Gadag	24 August 1997[11]	Gadag-Betigeri Mundargi Nargund Gajendragad Lakshmeshwar Ron Shirhatti	1,064,570	4,656 km² (1,798 sq mi)	229/km² (590/sq mi)
GU	Kalaburagi	Gulbarga	1 November 1956	Afzalpur Aland Chincholi Chitapur Gulbarga Kamalapura Kalagi Jevargi Sedam Shahbad Yedrami	2,566,326	10,951 km² (4,228 sq mi)	234/km² (610/sq mi)
HS	Hassan	Hassan	1 November 1956	Alur Arkalgud Arsikere Belur Channarayapattana Hassan Holenarsipur Sakleshpur	1,776,421	6,814 km² (2,631 sq mi)	261/km² (680/sq mi)
HV	Haveri	Haveri	24 August 1997[11]	Byadgi Hangal Haveri Hirekerur Ranibennur Rattihalli Savanur Shiggaon	1,597,668	4,823 km² (1,862 sq mi)	331/km² (860/sq mi)
KD	Kodagu	Madikeri	1 November 1956	Madikeri Kushalanagar Virajpet Somvarpet Ponnampet	554,519	4,102 km² (1,584 sq mi)	135/km² (350/sq mi)
KL	Kolar	Kolar	1 November 1956	Bangarapet Kolar Kolar Gold Fields Malur Mulbagal Srinivaspur	1,536,401	3,969 km² (1,532 sq mi)[14]	386/km² (1,000/sq mi)
KP	Koppal	Koppal	24 August 1997[11]	Gangawati Kanakagiri Kuknur Karatagi Koppal Kushtagi Yelbarga	1,389,920	7,189 km² (2,776 sq mi)	250/km² (650/sq mi)
MA	Mandya	Mandya	1 November 1956[15][16]	Krishnarajpet Maddur Malavalli Mandya Nagamangala Pandavapura Shrirangapattana	1,805,769	4,961 km² (1,915 sq mi)	364/km² (940/sq mi)
MY	Mysuru	Mysuru	1 November 1956	Heggadadevana kote Hunsur Krishnarajanagara Mysore Nanjangud Piriyapatna Saragur T.Narsipur	3,001,127	6,854 km² (2,646 sq mi)	476/km² (1,230/sq mi)
RA	Raichur	Raichur	1 November 1956	Devadurga Lingsugur Manvi Maski Raichur Sindhnur Sirwar	1,928,812	8,440 km² (3,260 sq mi)	228/km² (590/sq mi)
RM	Ramanagara	Ramanagara	10 September 2007[11]	Channapatna Kanakapura Ramanagara Magadi	1,082,636	3,556 km² (1,373 sq mi)	308/km² (800/sq mi)
SH	Shimoga	Shimoga	1 November 1956	Bhadravati Hosanagara Sagar Shikaripura Shimoga Sorab Thirthahalli	1,752,753	8,477 km² (3,273 sq mi)	207/km² (540/sq mi)
TU	Tumakuru	Tumkur	1 November 1956	Chiknayakanhalli Gubbi Huliyar Koratagere Kunigal Madhugiri Pavagada Sira Tiptur Tumkur Turuvekere	2,678,980	10,597 km² (4,092 sq mi)	253/km² (660/sq mi)
UD	Udupi	Udupi	25 August 1997[11]	Udupi Brahmavara Karkal Kapu Kundapura Hebri Byndoor	1,177,361	3,880 km² (1,500 sq mi)	329/km² (850/sq mi)
UK	Uttara Kannada	Karwar	1 November 1956	Ankola Bhatkal Dandeli Haliyal Honnavar Joida Karwar Kumta Mundgod Siddapur Sirsi Yellapur	1,437,169	10,291 km² (3,973 sq mi)	140/km² (360/sq mi)
VN	Vijayanagara	Hospet	18 November 2020	Harapanahalli Hagaribommanahalli Hoovina Hadagali Hospete Kottur Kudligi	1,353,628	5,644 km² (2,179 sq mi)	240/km² (620/sq mi)
YD	Yadgir	Yadgir	30 December 2009	Gurumitkal Hunasagi Shahpur Shorapur Vadagera Yadgir	1,174,271	5,234 km² (2,021 sq mi)	224/km² (580/sq mi)

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[1] "Petition against transfer of Bellary dismissed". Indian Express. 30 September 1953. Retrieved 17 December 2010.

[2] Chinnappa, Jeevan (15 November 2005). "Did reorganisation panel ignore Kodava leaders' plea?". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 December 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2010.

[newdis-3] "2 new districts notified in Bangalore". The Times of India. 6 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2007.

[newdistrict-4] "Creation of Yadgir district". Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 2009-12-30. Chennai, India. 30 December 2009.

[newdistric-5] "Vijayanagar to be Karnataka's 31st district, BSY Cabinet gives in-principle nod". The New Indian Express. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

[6] "NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2" (PDF). Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. 18 August 2004. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.

[goiport-7] "Know India – Districts of Karnataka". Government of India portal. Retrieved 16 November 2010.

[8] 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.

[reorg-9] "STATES REORGANISATION ACT 1956 - Formation of a new Mysore State". Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2010.

[census2011.co.in-10] "List of districts of Karnataka".

[HanBokKar-11] "A Handbook of Karnataka – Administration" (PDF). Government of Karnataka. pp. 354, 355. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2010.

[12] "District Profile". Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.

[chikbpur-13] "District Profile – Area and population". Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.

[kolar-14] "Kolar district at a glance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010.

[15] Note: This date means the day when the district was initially formed, even before the formation of the state of Karnataka (Mysore). Hence 1 November 1956 will be considered as the day of formation of district in the state of Karnataka

[16] "Formation of Mandya district". Archived from the original on 2 August 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.

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