List of districts of Karnataka Administrative structure[

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The Indian State of Karnataka is divided into 30 districts and 4 administrative divisions. The state is
geographically consists of 4 principal regions: the coastal region of Karavali, the
hilly Malenadu region comprising the Western Ghats, Are Malnadu region of Kolar, Bengaluru and
Tumakuru and the Bayaluseeme region comprising the plains of the Deccan plateau.

Contents
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1History
2Administrative structure
o 2.1Administrative divisions
o 2.2Alphabetical listing of districts
3References
4External links

History[edit]

Mysore State that was created during States Reorganisation of 1956.

Main articles: History of Karnataka and Unification of Karnataka

Karnataka took its present shape in 1956, when the states of Mysore and Coorg (Kodagu) were
merged with the Kannada-speaking districts of the former states of Bombay, Hyderabad,
and Madras. Mysore state was made up of ten districts, Bangalore, Kolar, Tumakuru, Mandya,
Mysore, Hassan, Chikmagalur (Kadur), Shimoga and Chitradurga; Bellary had been transferred from
Madras state to Mysore in 1953, when the new state of Andhra Pradesh was created out of Madras'
northern districts.[1] Coorg state became a district,[2] Dakshina Kannada (South Kanara) district was
transferred from Madras State, Uttara Kannada, Dharwad District, Belgaum District, and Bijapur
District from Bombay State, and Bidar, Gulbarga District, and Raichur district from Hyderabad State.
It got its name Karnataka in the year 1973.
In 1989, the Bangalore Rural district was split from Bangalore.
Notification RD 42 LRD 87 Part III was part of a notification issued by the Government of Karnataka
on August 2, 1997 in Bangalore that resulted in the creation of seven new districts in the Indian state
of Karnataka. The new districts created were

Chamarajanagar district from Mysore district

Davanagere district from Chitradurga district, Bellary district and Shimoga district
Bagalkot district from Bijapur district
Gadag district from Dharwad district
Haveri district from Dharwad district
Udupi district from Dakshina Kannada
Koppal district from Raichur district
The notification resulted in Karnataka being politically subdivided into 27 official districts with
various taluks existing within each district.
On June 21, 2007, the Government announced the cabinet approval for the creation of two more
districts:Ramanagara District and Chikballapur district. Ramanagara District and Chikballapura
District are being formed by the bifurcation of Bangalore Rural District and Kolar
Districts respectively.[3]
On December 30, 2009, Yadgir district was carved out of Gulbarga district and officially declared
the 30th district of Karnataka.[4]
Also there is a proposal of creating Chikodi District out of Belagavi District for betterment of
Administration and development of border areas.This
includes Chikodi, Athani, Raybag, Hukkeri, Nipani and Kagawad taluks.

Administrative structure[edit]

Administrative divisions of Karnataka

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a Deputy

Commissioner or District Magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The
district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to the
Karnataka Civil Service and other Karnataka state services.
A Superintendent of Police (India), usually an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service 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. Cities
like Bangalore, Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad and Mysore are headed by a Commissioner of
Police holding the rank of Additional Director General of Police(ADGP) or Inspector General of
Police (IGP).
A Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service is responsible for
managing the forests, the environment and wildlife of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the
Karnataka Forest Service and other Karnataka Forest officials and Karnataka wildlife officials.
Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as
PWD, Health, Education, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the various
state services.