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).
Bangalore Urban district | |
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District of Karnataka | |
| Bengaluru Urban district | |
Clockwise from top-left: Brigade Road at night, Dodda Basavana Gudi, Bangalore Palace, Skyline of Bangalore, Vidhana Soudha | |
Location in Karnataka | |
| Coordinates: 12.970214°N 77.56029°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Headquarters | Bangalore |
| Talukas | Bangalore City, Yelahanka and Anekal |
| Government | |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Dayananda K A (IAS) |
| • Additional Deputy Commissioner | T. N. Krishnamurthy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,196 km2 (848 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 9,621,551 |
| • Rank | 3rd (India) |
| • Density | 4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
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The district had 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.