Bangalore Urban district
| Bengaluru Urban district | |
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| Coordinates | 12°58′13″N 77°33′37″E / 12.970214°N 77.56029°ECoordinates: 12°58′13″N 77°33′37″E / 12.970214°N 77.56029°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Subdistrict(s) | Bengaluru, Anekal |
| Headquarters | Bengaluru |
| Deputy Commissioner | M. K. Aiyappa [1] |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Bengaluru Urban (Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರ) is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is surrounded by the Bangalore Rural district on the west, east and north and the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu on the south. Bengaluru Urban district came into being in 1986, with the partition of the erstwhile Bengaluru district into Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural districts. Bengaluru Urban has four taluks — Bengaluru North, Bengaluru East, Bengaluru South and Anekal. The city of Bengaluru is situated in the Bengaluru Urban district. The Bengaluru Urban district has 17 hoblies, 668 villages and 9 municipal corporations.
This is the most advanced district in Karnataka. It had a population of 6,537,124 of which 88.11% is urban as of 2001.[2] As of Census 2011, its population has increased to 9,588,910, with a sex-ratio of 908 females/males, the lowest in the state and its density is 4,378 people per square km.[3]
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Climate
| Climate data for Bengaluru | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.6 (92.5) |
32.7 (90.9) |
29.2 (84.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
25.9 (78.6) |
29.0 (84.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.2 (70.2) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.2 (63.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 2.7 (0.106) |
7.2 (0.283) |
4.4 (0.173) |
46.3 (1.823) |
119.6 (4.709) |
80.6 (3.173) |
110.2 (4.339) |
137.0 (5.394) |
194.8 (7.669) |
180.4 (7.102) |
64.5 (2.539) |
22.1 (0.87) |
969.8 (38.181) |
| Avg. rainy days | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 59.8 |
| Sunshine hours | 263.5 | 248.6 | 272.8 | 258.0 | 241.8 | 138.0 | 111.6 | 114.7 | 144.0 | 173.6 | 189.0 | 210.8 | 2,366.4 |
| Source no. 1: WMO [4] | |||||||||||||
| Source no. 2: HKO (sun only, 1971–1990) [5] | |||||||||||||
[edit] Demgraphics
According to the 2011 census Bengaluru Urban district has a population of 9,588,910,[6] roughly equal to the nation of Belarus[7] or the US state of North Carolina.[8] This gives it a ranking of 3rd in India (out of a total of 640).[6] The district has a population density of 4,378 inhabitants per square kilometre (11,340 /sq mi) .[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 46.68 %.[6] Bengaluru has a sex ratio of 908 females for every 1000 males,[6] and a literacy rate of 88.48 %.[6]
[edit] Languages
The majority of the population speak Kannada followed by Urdu. Telugu and Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities.
[edit] Temples
[edit] References
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- ^ Congress bags Bengaluru Urban ZP retrieved on 09 December 2010
- ^ Census GIS India
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/IT-City-has-the-worst-sex-ratio-in-Karnataka/articleshow/7879524.cms
- ^ "Bengaluru". World Meteorological Organisation. http://www.worldweather.org/066/c00523.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ "Climatological Information for Bengaluru, India". Hong Kong Observatory. http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/climat/world/eng/asia/india/bangalore_e.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
- ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Belarus 9,577,552 July 2011 est."
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "North Carolina 9,535,483"
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