Districts in Karnataka - Census 2011

List of districts of Karnataka with Population, Literacy rate, Sex Ratio etc. As per the Census 2011, Karnataka is divided into 30 districts (zilla) which act as the administrative divisions. Bangalore is the largest district of Karnataka by population, while the least populated district of Karnataka is Kodagu.

Below is the complete list of districts (zilla) of Karnataka sorted by population.

#	District	Sub-districts	Population	Literacy	Sex Ratio
1	Bangalore	Talukas	9,621,551	87.67%	916
2	Belgaum	Talukas	4,779,661	73.48%	973
3	Mysore	Talukas	3,001,127	72.79%	985
4	Tumkur	Talukas	2,678,980	75.14%	984
5	Gulbarga	Talukas	2,566,326	64.85%	971
6	Bellary	Talukas	2,452,595	67.43%	983
7	Bijapur	Talukas	2,177,331	67.15%	960
8	Dakshina Kannada	Talukas	2,089,649	88.57%	1,020
9	Davanagere	Talukas	1,945,497	75.74%	972
10	Raichur	Talukas	1,928,812	59.56%	1,000
11	Bagalkot	Talukas	1,889,752	68.82%	989
12	Dharwad	Talukas	1,847,023	80%	971
13	Mandya	Talukas	1,805,769	70.4%	995
14	Hassan	Talukas	1,776,421	76.07%	1,010
15	Shimoga	Talukas	1,752,753	80.45%	998
16	Bidar	Talukas	1,703,300	70.51%	956
17	Chitradurga	Talukas	1,659,456	73.71%	974
18	Haveri	Talukas	1,597,668	77.4%	950
19	Kolar	Talukas	1,536,401	74.39%	979
20	Uttara Kannada	Talukas	1,437,169	84.06%	979
21	Koppal	Talukas	1,389,920	68.09%	986
22	Chikkaballapura	Talukas	1,255,104	69.76%	972
23	Udupi	Talukas	1,177,361	86.24%	1,094
24	Yadgir	Talukas	1,174,271	51.83%	989
25	Chikmagalur	Talukas	1,137,961	79.25%	1,008
26	Ramanagara	Talukas	1,082,636	69.22%	976
27	Gadag	Talukas	1,064,570	75.12%	982
28	Chamarajanagar	Talukas	1,020,791	61.43%	993
29	Bangalore Rural	Talukas	990,923	77.93%	946
30	Kodagu	Talukas	554,519	82.61%	1,019