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Taluk in Karnataka, India

Mangalore Taluk

Taluk

Mangalore Taluk

Location in Karnataka, India

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Mangalore Taluk

Mangalore Taluk (India)

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Coordinates: 12°52′N 74°51′E﻿ / ﻿12.87°N 74.85°E﻿ / 12.87; 74.85
Country|  India
State| Karnataka
District| Dakshina Kannada
Region| Tulunaad (South Canara)
Headquarters| Mangalore City
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

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

Languages in Mangalore Taluk (1951)[5]

1. Tulu (45.5%)
2. Beary (21.1%)
3. Konkani (14.7%)
4. Kannada (10.2%)
5. Malayalam (2.5%)
6. Other (6%)

## See also

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* Economy of Mangalore
* Swami Vivekananda Planetarium

## References

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1. ^ Mangalore Urban Agglomeration Population
2. ^ "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Mangalore, Dakshin Kannada, Karnataka". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
3. ^ "District Statistics (2010-11) Part-I" (PDF). Dakshina Kannada District. p. 8\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2013.
4. ^ "Villages & Towns in Mangalore Taluka of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
5. ^ J. I. Arputhanathan (1955). South Kanara, The Nilgiris, Malabar and Coimbatore Districts (Village-wise Mother-tongue Data for Bilingual or Multilingual Taluks) (PDF). Madras Government Press.

## External links

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* "Map: Mangalore Taluk".
* "Mangalore City Corporation Website". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012.

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