Sub-divisions
There are 30 districts in Karnataka:
- Bagalkote
- Bangalore Rural
- Bangalore Urban
- Belgaum
- Bellary
- Bidar
- Bijapur
- Chamarajanagar
- Chikkaballapur
- Chikkamagaluru
- Chitradurga
- Dakshina Kannada
- Davanagere
- Dharwad
- Gadag
- Gulbarga
- Hassan
- Haveri
- Kodagu
- Kolar
- Koppal
- Mandya
- Mysore
- Raichur
- Ramanagara
- Shimoga
- Tumkur
- Udupi
- Uttara Kannada
- Yadgir
Each district is governed by a district commissioner or district magistrate. The districts are further divided into sub-divisions, which are governed by sub-divisional magistrates; sub-divisions comprise blocks containing panchayats (village councils) and town municipalities.
As per the 2001 census, Karnataka's seven largest cities sorted in order of decreasing population were, Bangalore, Hubli-Dharwad, Mysore, Gulbarga, Belgaum, Mangalore and Davangere. Bangalore is the only city with a population of more than one million. Bangalore Urban, Belgaum and Gulbarga are the most populous districts, each of them having a population of more than three million. Gadag, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu districts have a population of less than one million.
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