Karnataka

Karnataka /kɑːrˈnɑːtəkə/ is a state in Sooth Wast Indie. It wis created on 1 November 1956, wi the passage o the States Reorganisation Act, which is celebratit annually as Karnataka Rajyotsava (Inglis: Formation Day). Oreeginally kent as the State o Mysore, it wis renamit Karnataka in 1973.^[6] It is the laund o the Kannadigas, Tuluvas, Konkanis an Kodavas. The caipital an lairgest ceety is Bangalore, kent as Bengaluru an aw, which is at the forefront o the rapid economic an technological development that Indie is experiencin.

Karnataka ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ
State
Coat airms
Location o Karnataka in Indie
Map o Karnataka
Coordinates (Bangalore): 12.970214°N 77.56029°E / 12.970214; 77.56029
Kintra	Indie
Established	1 November 1956
Caipital	Bangalore
Lairgest ceety	Bangalore
Destricts	30
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Hansraj Bhardwaj
• Chief Meenister	Jagadish Shettar (BJP)
• Legislature	Bicameral (224 + 75 seats)
Area [1]
• Total	191791 km2 (74,051 sq mi)
Area rank	8t
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	61,130,704
• Rank	9t
• Density	320/km2 (830/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Offeecial leid	Kannada[3][4]
Literacy	75.60% (16t in states, 23rd if Union Territories are coontit)[5]
HDI	0.600 (medium)
HDI rank	25t (2005)
Website	karunadu.gov.in