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Bangalore Urban district

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 a population of 6,537,124 of which 88.11% is urban as of 2001.[4] 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.[5]

List of Villages

Administration

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 the Deputy Commissioner. They include the Assistant Commissioner’s (Sub-Divisional Magistrate), Tahsildars, Shirstedars, Revenue Inspectors and Village Accountants.

Geography

Climate

The climate here is moderate. The lowest average temperature is about 16–18 °C (61–64 °F).

Water

According to the National Wetland Atlas (2010) the district has two main rivers and 580 wetlands.[16]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Bangalore Urban district has a population of 9,621,551,[19] roughly equal to the nation of Belarus.[20] This gives it a ranking of third in India (out of a total of 640).[19] The district has a population density of 4,378 inhabitants per square kilometre (11,340/sq mi).[19] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 46.68%.[19] Bangalore has a sex ratio of 908 females for every 1000 males,[19] and a literacy rate of 88.48%. 90.94% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 12.46% and 1.98% of the population respectively.[19]

Languages of Bangalore Urban district (2011)[21]

  Kannada (44.47%)
  Tamil (15.99%)
  Telugu (13.99%)
  Urdu (12.11%)
  Hindi (4.55%)
  Malayalam (2.94%)
  Marathi (1.92%)
  Others (4.82%)

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.[21]

Temples

See also

References

  1. ^ "About District - District Bengaluru Urban". Government of Karnataka, India. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Bangalore District Population Census 2011, Karnataka literacy sex ratio and density
  3. ^ "Registering Authorities & Code No". Transport Department, Karnataka. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  4. ^ Census GIS India Archived 24 May 2012 at archive.today
  5. ^ "Girls are still scarce in IT City". The Times of India. 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Taluk and Hobli Details of Wards" (PDF). karnataka.gov.in. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Taluk and Hobli Details of BBMP". bbmp.gov.in. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  8. ^ "ERO Details". karnataka.gov.in. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  9. ^ "BLO Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  10. ^ "RTI Details" (PDF). kspcb.gov.in. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Enchroached Storm water drain details". rajakaluve.org. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Enchroached Storm water drain details". rajakaluve.org. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Enchroached Storm water drain details". rajakaluve.org. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Bengaluru". World Meteorological Organisation. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  15. ^ "Climatological Information for Bengaluru, India". Hong Kong Observatory. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  16. ^ National Wetland Atlas - Karnataka (PDF), National Wetland Inventory and Assessment (NWIA). Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad. Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre, (KSRSAC), Bangalore, August 2010, p. 104
  17. ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  18. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Karnataka". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  19. ^ a b c d e f "District Census Handbook: Bengaluru" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  20. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Belarus 9,577,552 July 2011 est.
  21. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Karnataka". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

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