Mangalore taluk

Taluk in Karnataka, India
12°52′N 74°51′E / 12.87°N 74.85°E / 12.87; 74.85Country IndiaStateKarnatakaDistrictDakshina KannadaRegionTulunaad (South Canara)HeadquartersMangalore CityGovernment
 • TypePanchayat rajArea
 • Total834 km2 (322 sq mi)Population
 (2011)
 • Total994,602 • Density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)Languages
 • OfficialKannadaTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)ISO 3166 codeIN-KAVehicle registrationKA 19Websitekarnataka.gov.in

Mangalore taluk is a taluk (subdistrict) in the Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka on the western coast of India. Mangalore is the administrative headquarters of the taluk. It is made up of Mangalore City Corporation, Ullal City Municipality that govern the Mangalore 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] Mangalore, Ullal and Moodabidri are the top 3 highly populated towns.[4]

Languages in Mangalore Taluk (1951)[5]

  Tulu (45.5%)
  Beary (21.1%)
  Konkani (14.7%)
  Kannada (10.2%)
  Malayalam (2.5%)
  Other (6%)

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.
  • "Map: Mangalore Taluk".
  • "Mangalore City Corporation Website". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012.


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