16-1176: Bangalore Urban district is the most densely populated of the thirty-one districts that comprise the Indian state of Karnataka . It is surrounded by the Bangalore Rural district on the east and north, the Ramanagara district on the west and the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu on the south. Bangalore Urban district came into being in 1986, with the partition of the erstwhile Bangalore district into Bangalore Urban and Bangalore Rural districts. Bangalore Urban has three taluks : Bangalore City, Yelahanka and Anekal . It has seventeen hoblies , 872 villages, eleven rural habitations, five towns, one tier-three city and one tier-one city , administered by ninety-six Village Panchayats ( Grama Panchayitis ) , ninety-seven Taluk Panchayats ( Taluk Panchayitis ) , five Town Municipal Councils ( Purasabes) , one City Municipal Council ( Nagarasabe ) and one City Corporation ( Mahanagara Palike ) . The district had
32-463: A population of 9,621,551, roughly equal to the nation of Belarus. This gives it a ranking of third in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has a population density of 4,378 inhabitants per square kilometre (11,340/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 46.68%. Bangalore has a sex ratio of 908 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 88.48%. 90.94% of
48-414: A population of 6,537,124 of which 88.11% is urban as of 2001. As of Census 2011, its population has increased to 9,621,551, with a sex-ratio of 908 females/males, the lowest in the state and its density is 4,378 people per square km. The district administration is headed by a Deputy Commissioner , who is an IAS officer. There are various officials both at the district level and at the taluk levels to assist
64-656: 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
80-858: The Indian National Congress led in the state by C. M. Poonacha and the Takkadi party led by the Gandhian Pandyanda Belliappa. While the Congress supported merger with the neighbouring Mysore State , the Takkadi party fought the election on an anti-merger plank. The Indian National Congress won a majority of 15 seats while the Takkadi party bagged the remaining nine seats. (1) Dewan Bahadur Ketolira Chengappa , became its first Chief Commissioner from 1947–1949 (2) C.T. Mudaliar became Chief Commissioner from 1949–1950 (3) Kanwar Baba Daya Singh Bedi , Chief Commissioner from 1950–1956 Government
96-778: 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
112-687: 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
128-514: 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
144-661: The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 and its territory was merged with Mysore State (later renamed as Karnataka in 1973). Currently, Coorg forms a district of Karnataka state. The Coorg State came into being on 26 January 1950 as per the Constitution of India . Prior to the enactment of the Constitution, Coorg had been a province of the Dominion of India. The first legislative elections in Coorg were held in 1952. The main contenders were
160-625: The Deputy Commissioner. They include the Assistant Commissioner’s ( Sub-Divisional Magistrate ), Tahsildars, Shirstedars, Revenue Inspectors and Village Accountants. The climate here is moderate. The lowest average temperature is about 16–18 °C (61–64 °F). According to the National Wetland Atlas (2010) the district has two main rivers and 580 wetlands. According to the 2011 census Bangalore Urban district has
176-618: 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) Coorg State Vijayanagara : ( Origin . Empire . Musicological nonet . Medieval city . Military . Haridasa . Battle of Raichur . Battle of Talikota ) Sultanate : Dialects: ( Kundagannada . Havigannada . Arebhashe ) Jainism : ( In Karnataka . In North Karnataka . Jain Bunt ) Coorg State
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#1732848818021192-610: The population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 12.46% and 1.98% of the population respectively. Languages of Bangalore Urban district (2011) At the time of the 2011 census, 44.47% of the population spoke Kannada , 15.20% Tamil , 13.99% Telugu , 12.11% Urdu , 4.55% Hindi , 2.94% Malayalam and 1.92% Marathi 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,
208-560: 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
224-476: Was a Part-C state in India which existed from 1950 to 1956. When the Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950, most of the existing provinces were reconstituted into states. Thus, Coorg Province became Coorg State. Coorg State was ruled by a Chief Commissioner with Mercara as its capital. The head of the government was the Chief Minister . Coorg State was abolished on 1 November 1956 as per
240-490: Was formed in Coorg by Indian National Congress , who won 15 of 24 seats. Cabinet was formed with two ministers (including Chief Minister ), which lasted till States Reorganisation Act on 1 November 1956. Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha won from Berriathnad constituency became the first and last Chief Minister of Coorg State from 1952 till 1956. As a result of the States Reorganisation Act of 1 November 1956, when India's state boundaries were reorganised, Coorg State became
256-430: 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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