Mangaluru taluk

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

Languages in Mangaluru Taluk (1951)^[5]

1. Tulu (45.5%)
2. Beary (21.1%)
3. Konkani (14.7%)
4. Kannada (10.2%)
5. Malayalam (2.50%)
6. Other (6.00%)

Mangaluru Taluk
Taluk
Mangaluru Taluk Location in Karnataka, India Show map of Karnataka Mangaluru Taluk Mangaluru Taluk (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 12.87°N 74.85°E / 12.87; 74.85
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Region	Tulunaad (South Canara)
Headquarters	Mangaluru
Government
• Type	Panchayat raj
Area
• Total	834 km2 (322 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	994,602
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA 19
Website	karnataka.gov.in

See also

• Economy of Mangaluru
• Swami Vivekananda Planetarium