Outline of Karnataka explained

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Karnataka:

Karnataka is the 6th biggest, 8th most populous, 13th highest and 16th most literate state of the 28 states of the democratic Republic of India. Karnataka is ranked 3rd in the country in tax revenue and 7th in the country in GDP. Karnataka is at 8th position in life expectancy and 11th in female-to-male sex ratio among the states in India. Karnataka is at 7th most media exposed states in India.

General reference

Names

• Common name: Karnataka
• Previously known as :State of Mysore
  • Pronunciation:
• Official name: Karnāṭaka
• Nicknames: Kannada nādu, Karunādu
• Adjectivals
  • Karnataka
  • Karnāṭakadavaru/Karnatakan
  • Canarese
• Demonyms
  • Kannadigaru
  • Kannadigas
  • Canarese
• Abbreviations and name codes
  • ISO 3166-2 code: IN-KA
  • Vehicle registration code: KA

Rankings (amongst India's states)

• by population: 8th
• by area: 6th
• by crime rate (2016): 12th
• by gross domestic product (GDP) (2019): 3rd
• by Human Development Index (HDI)

18th

• by life expectancy at birth

10th

• by literacy rate

23rd

Geography

Geography of Karnataka

• Karnataka is: an Indian state, a state of the Republic of India.
• Rainfall in Karnataka

Location of Karnataka

• Karnataka is situated within the following regions:
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Eastern Hemisphere
    • Eurasia
      • Asia
        • South Asia
          • Indian subcontinent
            • India
              • South India
• Time zone: Indian Standard Time

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The state has three principal geographical zones:

1. Karavali
2. Malenadu
3. Bayaluseeme

East flowing rivers

26 east-flowing rivers.

• Amarja
• Arkavathy River
• Bhadra River
• Chakra River
• Dandavathi
• Ghataprabha River
• Hemavati River
• Honnuhole River
• Kabini River
• Kaveri River
• Kedaka River
• Krishna River
• Kubja River
• Lakshmana Tirtha River
• Malaprabha River
• Palar River
• Panchagangavalli River
• Penner River
• Ponnaiyar River
• Shimsha
• South Pennar River
• Tunga River
• Tungabhadra River
• Varada
• Vedavathi River
• Vrishabhavathi River

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West flowing rivers

10 west-flowing rivers, providing 60% of state's inland water resources.

• Gangavalli River
• Aghanashini River
• Kali River
• Kumaradhara River
• Shambhavi River
• Varahi River
• Souparnika River
• Sharavathi River
• Kumadvathi River
• Netravati River
• Gurupura River

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Reservoirs

• Alamatti
• Linganamakki
• Bhadra reservoir
• Tungabhadra dam, Hospete
• Krishna Raja Sagara
• Tippagondanahalli Reservoir
• Haringi dam
• Gorur dam.
• Kabini dam.
• Navilatirtha Dam, Saundatti taluka of Belgaum District

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Lakes

• Lakes in Bangalore
• Mysore city lakes
• Unkal lake, Hubli
• Fort Lake Belgaum
• Heggeri Lake, Haveri
• Hagari Jalashaya, Malavi

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Administrative divisions

Districts of Karnataka

Districts of KarnatakaThere are 30 districts in Karnataka:

• Bagalkote
• Bengaluru Rural
• Bengaluru Urban
• Belagavi
• Bellary
• Bidar
• Vijayapura
• Chamarajanagar
• Chikkaballapur^[10]
• Chikkamagaluru
• Chitradurga
• Dakshina Kannada
• Davanagere
• Dharwad
• Gadag
• Kalburgi
• Hassan
• Haveri
• Kodagu
• Kolar
• Koppal
• Mandya
• Mysuru
• Raichur
• Ramanagara^[10]
• Shimoga
• Tumakuru
• Udupi
• Uttara Kannada
• Yadgir

Taluks of Karnataka

Taluks of Karnataka

• Afzalpur
• Aland
• Alanvara
• Alur
• Anekal
• Ankola
• Annigeri
• Arkalgud
• Arsikere
• Athani
• Babaleshwar
• Badami
• Bagalkot
• Bagepalli
• Bailahongal
• Bangarapet
• Bantwal
• Basavakalyan
• Basavana Bagevadi
• Belgaum
• Bellary
• Beltangadi
• Belur
• Bengaluru East
• Bengaluru North
• Bengaluru South
• Bhadravati
• Bhalki
• Bhatkal
• Bidar
• Bidar
• Bijapur
• Bilagi
• Brahmavara
• Byadgi
• Baindur
• Chadchan
• Challakere
• Chamrajnagar
• Channagiri
• Channarayapattana
• Chik Ballapur
• Chikmagalur
• Chiknayakanhalli
• Chikodi
• Chincholi
• Chintamani
• Chitapur
• Chitgoppa
• Chitradurga
• Dandeli
• Davanagere
• Devadurga
• Devanhalli
• Devar Hipparagi
• Dharwad
• Doddaballapura
• Gadag-Betigeri
• Gangawati
• Ganjendragad
• Gauribidanur
• Gokak
• Gubbi
• Gudibanda
• Kalaburagi
• Guledgudda
• Gundlupet
• Gurmitkal
• Hagaribommanahalli
• Haliyal
• Hangal
• Hanur
• Harihar
• Harpanahalli
• Hassan
• Haveri
• Heggadadevanakote
• Hirekerur
• Hiriyur
• Holalkere
• Holenarsipur
• Homnabad
• Honavar
• Honnali
• Hoovina Hadagalli
• Hosanagara
• Hosdurga
• Hoskote
• Hospet
• Hubli city
• Hubli
• Hukkeri
• Hulsoor
• Hungund
• Hunsagi
• Hunsur
• Ilkal
• Indi
• Jagalur
• Jamkhandi
• Jevargi
• Joida
• Kadaba
• Kadur
• Kagawad
• Kalghatgi
• kanakapura
• Kamalapura
• Kamalnagar
• Kampli
• Kanakagiri
• Karatagi
• Karkal
• Karwar
• Khanapur
• Kittur
• Kolar
• Kolhar
• Kollegal
• Koppa
• Koppal
• Koratagere
• Kotturu
• Krishnarajanagar
• Krishnarajpet
• Kudligi
• Kukanur
• Kumta
• Kundapura
• Kundgol
• Kunigal
• Kurugodu
• Kushtagi
• Lakshmeshwara
• Lingsugur
• Maddur
• Madhugiri
• Madikeri
• Malavalli
• Malur
• Mandya
• Mangalore
• Manvi
• Maski
• Molakalmuru
• Moodbidri
• Mudalgi
• Muddebihal
• Mudhol
• Mudigere
• Mulbagal
• Mundargi
• Mundgod
• Mysore
• Nagamangala
• Nanjangud
• Narasimharajapura
• Nargund
• Navalgund
• Nelmangala
• Nidagundi
• Nipani
• Nyamati
• Pandavapura
• Pavagada
• Piriyapatna
• Puttur
• Rabkavi Banhatti
• Raichur
• Ramdurg
• Ranibennur
• Raybag
• Ron
• Sagar
• Sakleshpur
• Sanduru
• Saundatti
• Savanur
• Sedam
• Shahabad
• Shahpur
• Shiggaon
• Shikaripura
• Shimoga
• Shirahatti
• Shorapur
• Shrirangapattana
• Siddapur
• Sidlaghatta
• Sindagi
• Sindhnur
• Sira
• Sirsi
• Siruguppa
• Sirwar
• Somvarpet
• Sorab
• Sringeri
• Srinivaspur
• Sulya
• Talikota
• Tarikere
• Tikota
• Tiptur
• Tirthahalli
• Tirumakudalu Narasipura
• Tumkur
• Turuvekere
• Udupi
• Vadagera
• Virajpet
• Yadgir
• Yadrami
• Yelahanka
• Yelandur
• Yelbarga
• Yellapur

Demographics

• Demographics of Karnataka
• Economy of Karnataka
• Religion in Karnataka

Government and politics of Karnataka

Politics of Karnataka

• Form of government: Indian state government (parliamentary system of representative democracy)
• Capital of Karnataka: Bengaluru
• Elections in Karnataka
  • (specific elections)
• Unification of Karnataka

Union government in Karnataka

• Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka
• Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
• Indian general election, 2009 (Karnataka)
• Indian general election, 2014 (Karnataka)

Branches of the government of Karnataka

Government of Karnataka

Executive branch of the government of Karnataka

• Head of state: Governor of Karnataka
• Head of government: Chief Minister of Karnataka
• Council of Ministers of Karnataka

Legislative branch of the government of Karnataka

Karnataka Legislative Assembly

• Constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Judicial branch of the government of Karnataka

• High Court of Karnataka
  • Chief Justice of Karnataka

Law and order in Karnataka

Law of Karnataka

• Law enforcement in Karnataka
  • Karnataka Police

History

History of Karnataka

Political history of medieval Karnataka

Etymology of Karnataka

• Nanda Empire
• Mauryan empire of Emperor Ashoka
• Satavahana
• Kadambas
• Kadamba Dynasty founded by Mayurasharma
  • Western Ganga Dynasty Badami Chalukyas
• Rashtrakuta Empire of Manyakheta
• Western Chalukya Empire
• Hoysalas
• Vijayanagara empire
• Nayakas of Chitradurga
• Madakari Nayaka
• Kempegowda
• Moghuls
  • • architecture literature Literature
• literary metres
• Vesara style of architecture
• Indo-Saracenic
• Battle of Talikota
• Nizam of Hyderabad
• Tippu Sultan
• Ekikarana Movement

Culture

Art and culture of Karnataka

• Carnatic music
• Architecture of Karnataka
• Cuisine of Karnataka
• Kannada people
• Tulu people
• Kodava people
• Beary people
• Konkani people
• Folk arts of Karnataka
• Cinema of Karnataka
• Languages
  • Kannada language
  • Tulu language
  • Kodava language
  • Konkani language
  • Beary language
• Dances
  • Gubbi Veeranna Nataka Company
  • Veeragase
  • Kamsale
  • Dollu Kunitha
  • Bharatanatya
  • Dollu Kunitha
  • Bhuta Kola
  • Yakshagana
  • Nagaradhane
  • Gaarudi Gombe
  • Togalu Gombeyaata
  • Veeragase

Symbols of Karnataka

Symbols of Karnataka

• State animal: Indian Elephant
• State bird: Indian roller^[11]
• State flower: Lotus
• State seal: Seal of Karnataka
• State tree: Sandalwood

Tourism

North Karnataka

• World heritage centres

• • Hampi^[12]
  • Group of 8th century CE monuments, Pattadakal:^[13]
• Historical locations
  • Western Chalukya
    • Aihole:^[14]
    • Badami:^[15]
    • Basavana Bagewadi
    • Basavakalyana,^[16]
    • Bidar District
    • Annigeri
    • Bankapura
    • Dambal
    • Haveri
    • Gadag
    • Lakkundi
    • Someshwara temple complex Lakshmeshwar
    • Galaganatha Galageshwara temple
    • Chaudayyadanapura
    • Mahadeva Temple (Itagi)
    • Shambulinga Temple Kundgol
    • Hooli Panchalingeshwara Temple
    • Lakshmeshwar
    • Kudalasangama
  • Rashtrakuta dynasty
    • Malkhed, Kalaburagi district
    • Naregal, Gadag District
  • Kadamba dynasty
    • Halasi
    • Hangal
    • Banavasi
  • Deccan Sultanates
    • Bijapur^[17] jaws are trying to devour an elephant.
    • Bidar:^[18]
    • Gulbarga
    • Raichur
    • Lakshmeshwar
  • Rattas
    • Saundatti
  • Forts
    • Basavakalyan Fort
    • Bidar Fort
    • Gulbarga Fort
    • Savadatti Fort
    • Bellary Fort
    • Sandur Fort
    • Gajendragad
    • Nargund fort
  • Other
    • Sonda
    • Ulavi
    • Yana
    • Utsav Rock Garden, Shiggaon

Coastal Karnataka

• Gokarna
• Mangalore
• Udupi
• Karkala
• Venur
• Malpe Beach
• Panambur Beach
• Kukke Subramanya
• Dharmastala
• Kollur
• Moodabidre
• Bhatkal
• Honnavar
• Ankola
• Murudeshwar
• Karwar

South Karnataka

• Bengaluru
• Mysuru
• Belur
• Halebidu
• Arasikere
• Aralaguppe
• Madhugiri
• Sira
• Yediyur
• Madikeri
• Srirangapattana
• Melukote
• Maddur
• Nanjanagudu
• Talakadu
• Bhadravathi
• Ikkeri
• Sravanabelgola
• Somnathpur
• Jog Falls
• Mekedatu
• Hesaraghatta
• Shivanasamudram
• Hogenakkal Falls
• Devarayanadurga

See also

Karnataka

• Outline of India
• Kannada
• Kannada people
• Kannada language

External links

• Official website of the Government of Karnataka

Notes and References

1. Web site: Location & Boundaries of Karnataka . Karnataka.com . 2007-07-14 . 2013-10-17.
2. Web site: Location map of Karnataka, Where is Karnataka . Mapsofindia.com . 2012-09-26 . 2013-10-17.
3. Web site: Karnataka River Map, Karnataka Rivers . Mapsofindia.com . 2013-10-17.
4. Web site: River Systems Of Karnataka . Waterresources.kar.nic.in . 2013-10-17.
5. Web site: List of Rivers in Karnataka . Worldlistmania.com . 2013-08-13 . 2013-10-17.
6. Web site: G. Sathyamoorthi . Water of west-flowing rivers of Karnataka remains unutilised . The Hindu . 2012-10-05 . 2013-10-17.
7. Web site: Bangalore, June 17, 2013, DHNS . Plentiful flow into Karnataka reservoirs . Deccanherald.com . 2013-06-17 . 2013-10-17.
8. Web site: Lake Development Authority . Karnataka.gov.in . 2013-10-17.
9. Web site: Lake Development Authority . Karunadu.gov.in . 2013-10-17.
10. News: 2 new districts notified in Bangalore. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811134957/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-08-06/bangalore/27961491_1_new-districts-ramanagaram-taluks. dead. 11 August 2011. 2007-08-09. The Times of India. 6 August 2007.
11. Web site: Sankara Subramanian . Indian Roller–Karnataka's State Bird . Beontheroad.com . 2011-06-27 . 2013-10-17.
12. Web site: hampi, UNESCO World Heritage Centre . 2008-08-06 .
13. Web site: Pattadakal, UNESCO World Heritage Centre . 2008-08-06 .
14. Web site: Aihole is located near Badami. 14 July 2007 . 2008-08-06.
15. Web site: Badami Cave Temples, Karnataka . 2008-08-06 .
16. Web site: New tourist spot to be developed. 2008-08-08.
17. Web site: Ancient and Medieval Historical Indian Architecture and Art - Bijapur . Kaladarshana . 2013-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131010195438/http://www.kaladarshana.com/sites/bijapur/index.html . 2013-10-10 . dead .
18. News: Bidar has 30 tombs of former kings . https://web.archive.org/web/20080810005251/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/06/stories/2008080653730300.htm . dead . 2008-08-10 . 2008-08-08 . Chennai, India . . 2008-08-06 .