14-652: Bangalore Rural district is one of the 31 districts in Karnataka , India. It was formed in 1986, when Bangalore District was divided into Bangalore Rural and Bangalore Urban . Presently in Bangalore Rural district, there are 4 talukas : Devanahalli , Nelamangala , Doddaballapura , Hoskote . It has 20 hoblies , 294 villages , 3 towns , 2 tier-three cities , administered by 66 Village Panchayats ( Grama Panchayitis ) , 3 Town Municipal Councils ( Purasabes ) and 2 City Municipal Councils ( Nagarsabes ) . Proximity to
28-486: A major occupation for a large section of the population. The soil and such climatic conditions are congenial for the cultivation of mulberry, rearing of silkworms, and production of silk, besides other agro-based industries. There are a number of wineries and quantity of production of wine has been increasing. There is a proposal by the Government of Karnataka to rename Bangalore Rural district to Kempe Gowda. In September 2007,
42-520: Is the second least populous district in Karnataka (out of 30 ), after Kodagu . The district is endowed with agricultural and horticultural crops such as ragi, rice, groundnut, sugarcane, castor, grapes, mulberry, etc. There are adequate infrastructural facilities such as transport and communications, banking, credit, and marketing. Though the region is not rich in mineral resources, its non-metallic mineral resources are utilised for bricks, tiles, and stoneware manufacture. For many years, weaving has also been
56-656: The Indian Administrative Service . The deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to the Karnataka Administrative Service . The Deputy Commissioner is also the Collector and District Magistrate of the district. The deputy commissioner/collector is assisted by assistant commissioners and tahsildars, who are incharge of subdivisions and taluks respectively. A Superintendent of Police (SP) , usually an officer belonging to
70-778: The Indian Police Service (IPS), 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
84-687: The Karnataka Police Service (KSPS). 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
98-514: The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 . The unified Mysore State was made up of ten districts, viz ., Bangalore , Kolar , Tumkur , Mandya , Mysore , Hassan , Chikkamagalur , Shimoga , Chitradurga , and Ballari which had been transferred from Madras Presidency to Mysore State earlier in 1953, when the new state of Andhra Pradesh was created out of Madras' northern districts. Coorg State became Kodagu district , South Canara
112-507: The taluks of Kanakapura , Ramanagara , Magadi and Channapatna were merged to form the Ramanagara district. According to the 2011 census Bangalore Rural district has a population of 990,923. This gives it a ranking of 449th in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has a population density of 441 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,140/sq mi). Its population growth rate over
126-486: The city of Bangalore has its impact on the district, with a considerable daily commuting population. The rural people are mostly agriculturists, although with the advent of Special Economic Zones in the area, service and IT industries are booming. Devanahalli is set to be the site of a ₹ 95 billion Devanahalli Business Park, near the Kempegowda International Airport . According to the 2011 census,
140-725: The decade 2001-2011 was 16.02%. Bangalore Rural has a sex ratio of 945 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 78.29%. 27.12% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 21.57% and 5.34% of the population respectively. Languages of Bangalore Rural district (2011) At the time of the 2011 census, 71.67% of the population spoke Kannada , 12.84% Telugu , 9.22% Urdu and 3.29% Tamil and 0.96% Hindi as their first language. List of districts of Karnataka The southern Indian state of Karnataka consists of 31 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions, viz ., Belagavi , Bengaluru , Gulbarga , and Mysore . Geographically,
154-617: 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. BAG 5,234 km (2,021 sq mi) Bengaluru division Bangalore Division , officially Bengaluru division , is one of the four divisions of the Indian state Karnataka . The division comprises the districts of Bangalore Urban , Bangalore Rural , Chikkaballapur , Chitradurga , Davanagere , Kolar , Ramanagara , Shimoga , and Tumakuru .The total area of
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#1732848954136168-560: The state has three principal variants: the western coastal stretch , the hilly belt comprising the Western Ghats , and the plains , comprising the plains of the Deccan plateau . Karnataka took its present shape in 1956, when the former states of Mysore and Coorg were unified into a linguistically homogenous Kannada -speaking state along with agglomeration of districts of the former states of Bombay , Hyderabad , and Madras as part of
182-498: The total population of the district was, 990,923 of which 21.65% were urban with a population density of 309 persons per km. Bangalore Rural district has 22.5% of its population belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. Hinduism is the major religion of this district. The Bangalore Rural district is essentially an agriculture district but it has sufficient scope for industrialisation, dairy development and sericulture. It
196-430: Was transferred from Madras State, North Canara , Dharwad , Belgaum , and Bijapur from Bombay State. Bidar , Gulbarga , and Raichur from Hyderabad State. The state received its new name of Karnataka in the year 1973. Currently there are demands to carve out the following district, A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a Deputy Commissioner (DC), an officer belonging to
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