Mangaluru taluk

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Mangaluru Taluk
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Mangaluru Taluk
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Mangaluru Taluk
Mangaluru Taluk (India)
Coordinates: 12°52′N74°51′E / 12.87°N 74.85°E / 12.87; 74.85
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Region Tulunaad (South Canara)
Headquarters Mangaluru
Government
 • Type Panchayat raj
Area
 • Total
834 km2 (322 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
994,602
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code IN-KA
Vehicle registration KA 19
Website karnataka.gov.in

Mangaluru taluk is a taluk (subdistrict) in the Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka on the western coast of India. Mangaluru is the administrative headquarters of the taluk. It is made up of Mangaluru City Corporation, Ullal City Municipal Council that govern the Mangaluru Urban Agglomeration, [1] Other than these there are forty-nine panchayat villages in Mangalore taluk. [2] It covers an area of 834 square kilometres (322 sq mi). [3] Mangaluru, Ullal and Moodabidri are the top 3 highly populated towns. [4]

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Languages in Mangaluru Taluk (1951) [5]
  1. Tulu (45.5%)
  2. Beary (21.1%)
  3. Konkani (14.7%)
  4. Kannada (10.2%)
  5. Malayalam (2.50%)
  6. Other (6.00%)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mangalore Urban Agglomeration Population
  2. ↑ "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Mangalore, Dakshin Kannada, Karnataka". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "District Statistics (2010-11) Part-I" (PDF). Dakshina Kannada District. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Villages & Towns in Mangalore Taluka of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. ↑ J. I. Arputhanathan (1955). South Kanara, The Nilgiris, Malabar and Coimbatore Districts (Village-wise Mother-tongue Data for Bilingual or Multilingual Taluks) (PDF). Madras Government Press.


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