Karnataka

Karnataka is a state in southern India with Bengaluru as its capital and largest city. It was formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956 and renamed Karnataka on 1 November 1973. Kannada is the official language, and Tulu is an additional official language in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi.

The state covers 191,791 square kilometres, the sixth largest in India, and had about 61.1 million residents at the 2011 census. It has 31 districts in four revenue divisions. The Legislative Assembly has 224 members and the Legislative Council 75. Karnataka sends 28 members to the Lok Sabha and 12 to the Rajya Sabha.

Bengaluru is known as the Silicon Valley of India, and Infosys and Wipro are headquartered in the state. Karnataka’s gross state domestic product was 25.01 trillion rupees, about 260 billion US dollars, in the 2023 to 2024 financial year, and it grew 10.2 per cent that year. Its Human Development Index score for 2023 was 0.713, which ranks 20th among Indian states.

Sources: Wikipedia, Karnataka, citing the Census of India 2011.