| Bengaluru Urban district | |
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| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Subdistrict(s) | Bengaluru, Anekal |
| Headquarters | Bangalore |
| 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 Bangalore district into Bangalore Urban and Bangalore Rural districts. Bangalore Urban has four taluks — Bangalore North, Bangalore East, Bangalore South and Anekal. The city of Bangalore is situated in the Bangalore Urban district. The Bangalore 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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| Climate data for Bangalore | |||||||||||||
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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] | |||||||||||||
According to the 2011 census Bangalore 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] Bangalore has a sex ratio of 908 females for every 1000 males,[6] and a literacy rate of 88.48 %.[6]
The majority of the population speak Kannada. Tamil and Telugu are also spoken by significant minorities.
| Bangalore Rural district | ||||
| Bangalore Urban district | ||||
| Ramanagara district | Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu |
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