List of districts of Karnataka explained

The southern Indian state of Karnataka consists of 31 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions, viz., Belagavi, Bengaluru, Gulbarga, and Mysore. Geographically, 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.

History

See main article: History of Karnataka and Unification of Karnataka. 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 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.[1] Coorg State became Kodagu district,[2] South Canara 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.

Formations of districts

Chronology of formation of new districts!Date!New district!Formerly part of!Administration
15 August 1986Bengaluru UrbanBengaluruRamakrishna Hegde's ministry
Bengaluru Rural
25 August 1997ChamarajanagaraMysuruJ. H. Patel's ministry
DavanagereChitradurga, Ballari and Shivamogga
BagalakoteVijayapura
GadagaDharwad
UdupiDakshina Kannada
KoppalaRaichur
21 June 2007RamanagaraBengaluru RuralH.D. Kumaraswamy's ministry[3]
ChikkaballapuraKolar
30 December 2009Yadagiri[4] KalaburagiB.S. Yediyurappa's second ministry
18 November 2020Vijayanagara[5] BallariB.S. Yediyurappa's fourth ministry
Currently there are demands to carve out the following district,

Administrative structure

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a Deputy Commissioner (DC), an officer belonging to 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 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 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 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

Alphabetical listing of districts

Code[6] DistrictHeadquarters[7] Established[8] [9] Subdivisions(Taluka)Population[10] AreaPopulation densityMap
BKBAGBagalkoteBagalkote15 August 1997[11] 1,889,7526575sqkm288/sqkm
BEUBengaluru UrbanBengaluru1 November 1956 9,621,5512190sqkm4393/sqkm
BERBengaluru RuralBengaluru15 August 1986[12] 990,9232259sqkm431/sqkm
BELBelagaviBelagavi1 November 1956 4,779,66113415sqkm356/sqkm
BALBallariBallari1 November 1956 1,400,9704252sqkm290/sqkm
BIDBidarBidar1 November 1956 1,703,3005448sqkm313/sqkm
VIJVijayapuraVijayapura1 November 1956 2,177,33110498sqkm210/sqkm
CHAChamarajanagarChamarajanagar15 August 1997 1,020,7915101sqkm181/sqkm
CHIChikkaballapuraChikballapura10 September 2007 1,255,1044524sqkm[13] 296/sqkm
CHKChikkamagaluruChikkamagaluru1 November 1956 1,137,9617201sqkm158/sqkm
CHTChitradurgaChitradurga1 November 1956 1,659,4568440sqkm197/sqkm
DAKDakshina KannadaMangaluru1 November 1956 2,089,6494560sqkm430/sqkm
DAVDavanagereDavanagere15 August 1997 1,643,4944460sqkm370/sqkm
DHADharwadDharwad1 November 1956 1,847,0234260sqkm434/sqkm
GADGadagGadag24 August 1997 1,064,5704656sqkm229/sqkm
KALKalaburagiKalaburagi1 November 1956 2,566,32610951sqkm234/sqkm
HASHassanHassan1 November 1956 1,776,4216814sqkm261/sqkm
HAVHaveriHaveri24 August 1997 1,597,6684823sqkm331/sqkm
KODKodaguMadikeri1 November 1956 554,5194102sqkm135/sqkm
KLKolarKolar1 November 1956 1,536,4013969sqkm[14] 386/sqkm
KOPKoppalKoppal24 August 1997 1,389,9207189sqkm250/sqkm
MANMandyaMandya1 November 1956[15] [16] 1,805,7694961sqkm364/sqkm
MYSMysuruMysuru1 November 1956 3,001,1276854sqkm476/sqkm
RAIRaichurRaichur1 November 1956 1,928,8128440sqkm228/sqkm
RAMRamanagaraRamanagara10 September 2007 1,082,6363556sqkm308/sqkm
SHIShivamoggaShivamogga1 November 1956 1,752,7538477sqkm207/sqkm
TUMTumakuruTumakuru1 November 1956 2,678,98010597sqkm253/sqkm
UDUUdupiUdupi25 August 1997 1,177,3613880sqkm329/sqkm
UTKUttara KannadaKarwara1 November 1956 1,437,16910291sqkm140/sqkm
VIJVijayanagaraHospet18 November 2020 1,353,6285644sqkm240/sqkm
YADYadgiriYadgiri30 December 2009 1,174,2715234sqkm224/sqkm

Proposed districts

Proposed DistrictProposed HeadquartersCurrent District
ChikkodiChikkodiBelagavi
GotakGokak

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Petition against transfer of Bellary dismissed. 17 December 2010. Indian Express. 30 September 1953.
  2. News: Chinnappa. Jeevan . Did reorganisation panel ignore Kodava leaders' plea?. https://web.archive.org/web/20061212010817/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/15/stories/2005111510700300.htm. dead. 12 December 2006. 17 December 2010. The Hindu. 15 November 2005.
  3. News: 6 August 2007 . 2 new districts notified in Bangalore . . dead . 2007-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110811134957/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-08-06/bangalore/27961491_1_new-districts-ramanagaram-taluks . 11 August 2011.
  4. News: 30 December 2009 . Creation of Yadgir district . Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 2009-12-30 . Chennai, India .
  5. News: 19 November 2020 . Vijayanagar to be Karnataka's 31st district, BSY Cabinet gives in-principle nod . The New Indian Express . 23 November 2020.
  6. Web site: NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2 . 5–10 . Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India . 2004-08-18 . 2008-11-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080911133331/https://www.mail.nic.in/docs/MailService_e-mail_address_Policy_WithCodes.pdf . 2008-09-11.
  7. Web site: Know India – Districts of Karnataka. Government of India portal. 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.
  9. Web site: STATES REORGANISATION ACT 1956 - Formation of a new Mysore State . 17 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516123014/http://www.commonlii.org/in/legis/num_act/sra1956250/ . 16 May 2008 .
  10. Web site: List of districts of Karnataka.
  11. Web site: A Handbook of Karnataka – Administration . Government of Karnataka . 16 November 2010 . 354, 355 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008073453/http://www.karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/HandbookKarnataka2010/Chapter%20IX%20Administration.pdf . 8 October 2011 .
  12. Web site: District Profile. 18 November 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101129041548/http://bangalorerural.nic.in/District_profile.htm. 29 November 2010.
  13. Web site: District Profile – Area and population . 18 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101125225440/http://www.chikballapur.nic.in/district_areapopulation-1.html . 25 November 2010 .
  14. Web site: Kolar district at a glance . 18 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110312084801/http://kolar.nic.in/kolar_statistics.pdf . 12 March 2011 .
  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. Web site: Formation of Mandya district. 18 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100802203543/http://www.mandya.nic.in/scmallaiah.htm. 2 August 2010. dead.

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