South Karnataka

South Karnataka generally refers to the southern part of Karnataka state, excluding the coastal areas. It generally corresponds to former Mysore state. It is generally referred as Hale Mysuru Region in Kannada which translates to Old Mysore Region or OMR .^[3] Kannada dialect of South Karnataka is slightly different as compared to North Karnataka.

South Karnataka
South Karnataka in Blue, Kodagu in Light blue
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Region	Old Mysore Region
Largest city	Bengaluru[1][2]
Headquarter	Bengaluru[1][2]
Area
• Total	84,969 km2 (32,807 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd:Karnataka
Population  (2011)
• Total	31,819,889
• Rank	1st:Karnataka
• Density	370/km2 (970/sq mi)
Demonym	Dakshina Kannadiga
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KA
Sex ratio	965 ♂/♀
Literacy	76%

Districts

There are 15 districts in South Karnataka:

• Bengaluru Urban
• Bengaluru Rural
• Chikkaballapur
• Kolar
• Mysuru
• Mandya
• Kodagu
• Hassan
• Chikmagalur
• Shivamogga
• Tumakuru
• Chitradurga
• Davanagere
• Chamarajanagar
• Ramanagara

See also

• Bangalore Division
• Bayalu Seeme
• North Karnataka
• Coastal Karnataka