Bangalore Urban district

Bengaluru Urban district
District

Bangalore Palace

Location in Karnataka
Coordinates: 12°58′13″N 77°33′37″E / 12.970214°N 77.56029°E / 12.970214; 77.56029Coordinates: 12°58′13″N 77°33′37″E / 12.970214°N 77.56029°E / 12.970214; 77.56029
Country  India
State Karnataka
Headquarters Bengaluru city
Talukas Bengaluru Uttara, Bengaluru Dakshina, Bengaluru Purva
Government
 • Deputy Commissioner V. Shankar, I.A.S
Languages
 • Official Kannada
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration

Bengaluru Urban is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is surrounded by the Bengaluru Rural district on the east and north, the Ramanagara district on the west 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 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. Electronics City the pride of India and hub of Bengaluru's Information Technology companies is situated in Anekal Taluk.

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.[1] 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.[2]

Geography

Climate

The climate here is moderate. In summer it receives a good amount of sunlight. In winter it is not very cold. The lowest average temperature here is about 16–18 °C (61–64 °F).

Climate data for Bangalore
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 27
(81)		 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
(82)		 27.7
(81.9)		 26.6
(79.9)		 25.9
(78.6)		 29
(84)
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)		 15.6
(60.1)		 18.6
(65.5)
Average 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
(5.39)		 194.8
(7.669)		 180.4
(7.102)		 64.5
(2.539)		 22.1
(0.87)		 969.8
(38.176)
Average rainy days 0.2 0.5 0.4 3 7 6.4 8.3 10 9.3 9 4 1.7 59.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours 263.5 248.6 272.8 258 241.8 138 111.6 114.7 144 173.6 189 210.8 2,366.4
Source #1: WMO[3]
Source #2: HKO (sun only, 1971–1990)[4]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Bengaluru Urban district has a population of 9,588,910,[5] roughly equal to the nation of Belarus[6] or the US state of North Carolina.[7] This gives it a ranking of 3rd in India (out of a total of 640).[5] The district has a population density of 4,378 inhabitants per square kilometre (11,340/sq mi) .[5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 46.68%.[5] Bangalore has a sex ratio of 908 females for every 1000 males,[5] and a literacy rate of 88.48%.[5]

Temples

Rajarajeshwari Temple, Shanmukha Temple, Nimishamba Temple - in the vicinity of D.I.E.T.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Census GIS India Archived 24 May 2012 at Archive.is
  2. ↑ "Girls are still scarce in IT City". The Times of India. 6 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "Bengaluru". World Meteorological Organisation. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Climatological Information for Bengaluru, India". Hong Kong Observatory. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  6. ↑ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 1 October 2011. Belarus 9,577,552 July 2011 est.
  7. ↑ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. North Carolina 9,535,483
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