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Davangere
- District HQ: Davangere
- Population: 1,946,905
- Literacy Rate: 76.30%
- Focus Sectors: Agriculture, Automobile, Engineering, R&D Centres, Mining, Textile
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 2 Industrial Estates & 3 Industrial Areas
- Industrial Icons: Indian Cane Power Ltd, Shamanur Sugars, Aradhya Steel Wires
- Connectivity:
Road: NH 4 and NH 13 pass through the district.
Rail: The railway line connects Bangalore, Goa, Mumbai to the district.
Port: The nearest port is Mangalore/Karwar at a distance of 295 Km.
Airport: The nearest airport is Bangalore International Airport at a distance of 270 Km.
Raichur
- District HQ: Raichur
- Population: 1,924,773
- Literacy Rate: 60.46%
- Focus Sectors: Power, Agriculture & Food Processing, Mining, Engineering & Construction
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 4 Industrial Estates & 3 Industrial Areas.
- Industrial Icons: Religare Stock Brokings, Hutti Goldmine Company Ltd, Surana Industries Ltd, Vishal Cotspin Ltd, Shilpa Medicare Ltd, Raichur Thermal Power Corporation Ltd, Koganti Power Ltd
- Connectivity:
Road: State Highways SH 20, SH 13, SH 15, SH 51 passes through the district.
Rail: 51 kms of railway length passes through the district.
Port: Nearest port is Murmugoa Port is situated at a distance of 520 kms and can handle 1.5 million tonnes of liquid cargo.
Airport: The nearest international airport is The Hyderabad International Airport is situated at a distance of 185 Km.
Koppal
- District HQ: Koppal
- Population: 1,391,292
- Literacy Rate: 67.28 %
- Focus Sectors: Iron & Steel manufacturing, Biotechnology, Power, Agro Processing
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 1 industrial area and 1 industrial estate
- Industrial Icons: Bhoruka Power Corp, Kirloskar Ferrous Industries, Kalyani Steels Ltd, Ultra tech Cement, India Steels Ltd, Praxair India Pvt Ltd
- Connectivity:
Road: 130 km of NH 13 and NH 63 pass through Koppal district.
Rail: 55 km of railway line passes through the district.
Port: Nearest port is Murmugoa Port is situated at a distance of 520 kms and can handle 1.5 million tonnes of liquid cargo.
Airport: The nearest airport is in Hubli which is at a distance of 175 Km.
Hassan
- District HQ: Hassan
- Population: 1,776,221
- Literacy Rate: 75.89 %
- Focus Sectors: Coffee, Agro & Food processing, Pharmaceuticals, Fisheries, Textiles, Wind Energy
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 4 Special Economic Zones
- Industrial Icons: Grasim Industries Limited, Mahyco Seeds Ltd, Venkateshwar Hatcheries Ltd, Fortune Cotton Agro Industries, Kancor Colours Limited, Ramco Industries Limited
- Connectivity:
Road: NH 48 and NH 206 pass through the district.
Rail: 20 Railway Stations with a railway route length of 246 Kms passes through the district.
Port: Nearest port is Mangalore Port, situated at a distance of 160 Kms .
Airport: The nearest Airports are Bengaluru International Airport (187 Km) and Mangalore (160 Km)
Chitradurga
- District HQ: Chitradurga
- Population: 1,403,796
- Literacy Rate: 73.82 %
- Focus Sectors: Wind Energy, Natural Fiber & Food Processing, Handloom & Power loom, Cement
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 3 Industrial Estates & 1 industrial area in District .
- Industrial Icons: Ramco Cement, VSL Steels Ltd.
- Connectivity:
Road: NH 4 and NH 13 pass through the district.
Rail: Broad gauge railway route length of 165.27 kms.
Port: Mangalore Port - Nearest port to the district, situated at a distance of 300 kms.
Airport: Nearest airport is Bengaluru International Airport, situated at a distance of 200 km
Bidar
- District HQ: Bidar town
- Population: 1,798,320
- Literacy Rate: 60.9 %
- Focus Sectors: Agro & Food Processing, IT & BT, Textile & Garments, Distillerties, Bidri Works, Reclaimed Rubber, Fullers Earth
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 4 Industrial areas and
9 Industrial Estates. - Connectivity:
Road: NH-19 and NH-13 pass through the District and State Highways connect the district to Bangalore.
Rail: Railway route of 79 Km passes through the district.
Port: Closest seaport Goa (750 Km) and Mumbai (775 Km) with a cargo carrying capacity of 5 and 10 million tonnes per annum respectively.
Airport: Closest airport is Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad (120 Km)
Bagalakot
- District HQ: Bagalkot town
- Population: 1,890,826
- Literacy Rate: 69.39 %
- Focus Sectors: Cement, Agriculture & Food Processing, Silk & Handloom, Sugar Based Industries
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 2 Industrial Areas and Agro Food Park
- Industrial Icons: JK Cement, Bagalkot Cement & Industries
- Connectivity:
Road: NH 13 & NH 218 goes through district.
Rail: A total railway route of 39.10 Kms passes through the district.
Port: Murmugoa Port is situated at a distance of 285 Km .
Airport: The nearest airport is in Belgaum;135 Km from Bagalkot
Bangalore Urban
- District HQ: Bangalore City
- Population: 9,588,910
- Literacy Rate: 88.48 %
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 27 Special Economic Zones
- Focus Sectors: Engineering, Knowledge Based Industries, Food Processing
- Industrial Icons: Philips, BOSCH, Pepsi, Oracle, UB Group, Mind Tree, General Motors, ABB, HAL, Boeing.
- Connectivity:
Road: NH-4, NH-7 & NH-209 goes through district and connect to other parts of Karnataka and other States.
Rail: A total railway route of 148.32 Kms passes through the district.
Port: Chennai Port is situated at a distance of 315 Km .
Airport: The nearest airport is Bangalore International Airport and is the 4th busiest airport in the country.
Bangalore Rural
- District HQ: Bangalore City
- Population: 987,257
- Literacy Rate: 69.7%
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 2 Industrial Estates &
6 Industrial Areas - Focus Sectors: Aerospace, Sericulture, Agro & Food Processing, IT, Pharmaceuticals, Automobiles, Textiles
- Industrial Icons: Volvo, Cadbury, The Himalaya Drug Company, Bombay Rayon Fashions, Tata Tea Ltd, Bell Ceramics, Kirloskar Electric
- Connectivity:
Road: NH-4 and NH-48 goes through district and connect to other parts of Karnataka and other States.
Rail: A total railway route of 204.39 Kms passes through the district.
Port: Mangalore Port is situated at a distance of 320 Km .
Airport: The nearest airport is Bangalore International Airport and is the 4th busiest airport in the country.
Chamrajanagar
- District HQ: Chamarajanagar
- Population: 1,020,962
- Literacy Rate: 61.12 %
- Focus Sectors: IT & BT, Textiles, Hotel & Hospitality
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 3 Industrial Estates. 1 Industrial Area under formation.
- Industrial Icons: Pioneer Power Corporation Ltd, Bannariamman Sugars Ltd, Bhoruka Power Corporation Ltd, Velan Textiles, Kum International
- Connectivity:
Road: NH-209 and NH-212 pass through the District.
Rail: There are 3 Railway stations with a total railway route length of 20 kms.
Port: Chennai Port is situated at a distance of 511 Kms.
Airport: The Mysore Airport is situated at a distance of 51.4 Kms.
Bellary
- District HQ: Bellary
- Population: 2,532,383
- Literacy Rate: 67.85 %
- Focus Sectors: Food Processing, Automobile & Auto Ancillaries, Textile, Mining, Electronics & Engineering, Handicrafts.
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 6 Industrial Areas &
4 Industrial Estates - Industrial Icons: Jindal Group, JSW Steel, MSPL, Hothur Group, JSW Cement
- Connectivity:
Road: NH-63 and NH-13 pass through the district.
Rail: A total railway route of 130 Kms passes through the district.
Port: Karwar Port is situated at a distance of 302 Kms.
Airport: The Bellary Airport at Torangallu,is situated at a distance of 40 Kms. The nearest international airport is Bengaluru International Airport situated at a distance of 307 Kms
Chickaballapur
- District HQ: Chickaballapur
- Population: 1,250,000
- Literacy Rate: 64 %
- Focus Sectors: IT & BT, Agriculture & Food, Engineering
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 2 Industrial areas and 4 Industrial Estates
- Industrial Icons: ACC Ltd,Indian packaging co-operation, RD Communications, Page Industries Ltd, United Motors
- Connectivity:
Road:NH 7 passes through district covering 57 Km.
Rail: Broad gauge railway route length of 57 ams.
Port: The nearest port is Chennai port at a distance of 285 Km.
Airport: Nearest airport is Bangalore International Airport at a distance of 32 Km.
Dakshina Kannada
- District HQ: Mangalore City
- Population: 2,083,625
- Literacy Rate: 83.4 %
- Focus Sectors: Information Technology (IT), Ports and Logistics, Fisheries, Petrochemical, LCV/Automobile, Food Processing, Marine processing
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 6 Industrial areas, 5 Industrial Estates and 1 IT zone
- Industrial Icons: Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd, BASF India Ltd, Hindustan Unilever, New Mangalore Port Trust, Infosys, Campco
- Connectivity:
Road: NH 16, NH 75 and NH 160 pass through the district.
Rail: Railway route length of 227 km passes through the district.
Port: The New Mangalore Port Trust at Panambur with a carrying capacity of 44 million tonnes of cargo.
Airport: International Airport, Mangalore at Bajpe with magnificent facilities
Dharwad
- District HQ: Dharwad
- Population: 1,846,993
- Literacy Rate: 80.3 %
- Focus Sectors: Agro & Food processing, IT, Automobile Components, Engineering, Electrical Goods, Agricultural Implements, Machine tools, Electrical, Steel Furniture, Textiles, Aerospace Components
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 7 Industrial Areas, 2 Industrial Estates and a proposed SEZ
- Industrial Icons: TATA Marcopolo, Telcon, Bharat Pertoleum, WEHR BSK, Bharat NRE Coke Ltd
- Connectivity:
Road: NH 4, NH 63 and NH 218 pass through the district.
Rail: 211 Km of railway line passes through the district.
Port: The nearest port is Murmugoa Port at a distance of 170 Km.
Airport: Nearest airport is Hubli Airport at a distance of 15 Km
Belgaum
- District HQ: Belgaum
- Population: 4,778,439
- Literacy Rate: 73.94 %
- Focus Sectors: Agriculture & Food Processing, Mining, Power, Textiles, Machine Tools
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 1 SEZ, 12 Industrial estates & 5 Industrial areas
- Industrial Icons: AKP Foundries, Gokak Textiles, HINDALCO, Polyhydron Pvt. Ltd, Hindustan Latex Ltd, Campbell Knitwear Ltd, GMR Industries.
- Connectivity:
Road: NH-4, NH-4A & NH-63 goes through district.
Rail: A total railway route of 225.56 Kms passes through the district.
Port: Goa Port is situated at a distance of 155 Km .
Airport: The nearest airport is in Belgaum; 160 Km from Bagalkot
Bijapur
- District HQ: Bijapur
- Population: 2.18 million
- Literacy Rate: 67.2 %
- Focus Sectors: Solar Energy, Food Processing, IT & BT, Readymade Garments, Integral Steel Plant
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 3 industrial areas & estates, Alamatti Dam
- Industrial Icons: Anjani Cement.
- Connectivity:
Road: NH-13 and NH-218 pass through the District in the Eastern and Central parts.
Rail: Railway route of 130 Km (80 miles) passes through the district.
Port: Goa and Karwar Ports are located at the equal distances.
Airport: Nearest airport is Belgaum, 205 Km (127 miles) away.
Gadag
- District HQ: Gadag town
- Population: 1,065,235
- Literacy Rate: 75.18%
- Focus Sectors: Agro & Food processing, Building Materials, Mechanical, Textiles & Printing, Tourism, Powerloom, Metalware
- Industrial Icons: Enercon India Pvt. Ltd, Vijaynagar Sugars Pvt Ltd, Pointec Pens (P) Ltd, Suzlon Wind Power Resources Pvt Ltd.
- Connectivity:
Road: NH 63 passes through the district
Rail: A railway route length of 112 Km passes through the district and connects AP, Maharashtra and Goa.
Port: The nearest port of the district is Karwar and Goa.
Airport: The nearest Airports are Hubli, Dharwad and Belgaum.
Haveri
- District HQ: Haveri Town
- Population: 1,598,506
- Literacy Rate: 77.6 %
- Focus Sectors: Agro & Food processing, Animal Husbandry, Horticulture, Fisheries, Textiles
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 5 Industrial Estates
- Industrial Icons: Grasim Industries Limited, Mahyco Seeds Ltd, Venkateshwar Hatcheries Ltd, Fortune Cotton Agro Industries, Kancor Colours Limited, Ramco Industries Limited
- Connectivity:
Road: NH 38 passes through the district Haveri has 103 kms of National Highways and a total of 1614 kms of surfaced roads.
Rail: 86 kms of railway length passing through the district. Port: Nearest port is Karwar Port, situated at a distance of 136 kms .
Airport: The nearest Airport is the Hubli Airport which is 80 kms from Haveri
Gulbarga
- District HQ: Gulbarga Town
- Population: 2,564,892
- Literacy Rate: 65.65%
- Focus Sectors: Cement, Agro & Food Processing, Solar / Thermal Power Plant, Textile, Chemical Industry, Dairy Products
- Industrial Icons: Vasavdatta Cements, Ashok Polymers, ACC Cement • Chettinad Cements, India Cements, Rajashree Cements, Renuka Sugars Pvt Ltd, Orient Cements, Vicat Sagar Cements, The Ugar Sugar works LTD, Zawar Cement Pvt. LTD, Gulbarga Cements, Lafarge Cements
- Connectivity:
Road: NH 218 passes through the district.
Rail: 107km of rail line passes through the district.
Port: Nearest ports to the district are Murmugoa Port at a distance of 525 Km with a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes of liquid cargo.
Airport: Nearest airport is Hyderabad International Airport at a distance of 375 km.
Kolar
- District HQ: Kolar City
- Population: 1,540,231
- Literacy Rate: 74.33 %
- Focus Sectors: Agriculture & Food Processing, Sericulture, Mining, Engineering, Hospitality
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 5 Industrial Estates and 5 Industrial Areas
- Industrial Icons: Asian Flora Ltd, BEML Ltd, Group Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Bharat Gold Mines Ltd, Balaji Rice Mills, Republic Engineering Industries.
- Connectivity:
Road: NH 4, SH 5, SH 96, SH 99 pass through the district.
Rail: Railway route length of 122.44 kms passes through the district.
Port: Chennai Port is situated at a distance of 275 Kms.
Airport: The Bangalore International Airport is situated at a distance of 105 Kms
Mandya
- District HQ: Mandya City
- Population: 1,808,680
- Literacy Rate: 70.14 %
- Focus Sectors: Agriculture & Food Processing, IT / BT, Automobiles, Sericulture, Textiles
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 4 industrial areas and 6 industrial estates
- Industrial Icons: Jubilant Organosys, Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd, BPL PTI Chemicals Ltd, Graphite India Ltd, Escorts JCB Ltd.
- Connectivity:
Road: National Highway NH 48 & NH 209 through the district.
Rail: The district has 15 railway stations, with a route length of 97 kms.
Port: Nearest port is Mangalore Port and is situated at a distance of 299 kms and can handle 44 million tonnes of cargo.
Airport: The nearest international airport is The Bangalore International Airport is situated at a distance of 132 kms
Kodagu
- District HQ: Madikeri
- Population: 5,54,762
- Literacy Rate: 77.9 %
- Focus Sectors: Food processing, Coffee, Tourism, Engineering, Ready made garments
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 3 Industrial estates, 1 industrial Area, 1 Proposed industrial area in Galibedu
- Industrial Icons: GM property developers Pvt. Ltd., Coorg Golf course Pvt. Ltd., Kadkani River Resorts Pvt Ltd, Tata Coffee
- Connectivity:
Road: State Highway 88 runs from Mysore to Mangalore.
Rail: Railway route length of 29.5 Km passes through the district.
Port: New Mangalore Port is nearest port from Districts. It is 145 Km from Madikeri.
Airport: Mysore airport is 130 km and Mangalore airport is 140 Km from Kodagu
Mysore
- District HQ: Mysore
- Population: 2,994,744
- Literacy Rate: 72.56%
- Focus Sectors: Agriculture & Food Processing, IT/ITES, Automobiles and Automotives, Research and Development Centres, Electronics & Engineering
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 5 SEZ’s, 6 Industrial Estates & 8 Industrial Areas
- Industrial Icons: Infosys Technologies, Wipro Infotech, Nestle India Ltd, Excelsoft Technologies, Bacardi Martini India Ltd, Larsen and Tubro Limited, AT&S India Pvt Ltd, JK Tyres Ltd, Jubilant Organosys, Comat Technologies,Automotive Axles Ltd, Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML), Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (Mysore Silk),TVS Ltd, ABB Ltd, Software Paradigms, Reid & Taylor
- Connectivity:
Road: National Highway 212, SH 17 and SH 33 run through the district.
Rail: Mysore Railway Station has 3 railway lines that connect it to Bangalore, Hassan and Chamarajanagar.
Port: Mangalore Port is situated at a distance of 291 KMS.
Airport: The district has a domestic airport- The Mysore Airport
Ramanagara
- District HQ: Ramanagara
- Population: 1,082,739
- Literacy Rate: 69.20%
- Focus Sectors: Food Processing, Automobiles and Auto Ancillaries, Textiles & Apparels, Export oriented zones, Aerospace related industries, Development of Amusement parks and film city, Knowledge city
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 2 Industrial Areas & 4 Industrial Estates
- Industrial Icons: Toyota, Coca-Cola, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, TATA Autocomp Systems, Crystal Marble & Granite, Toyotetsu
- Connectivity:
Road: NH 206 and NH 209 passes through the district.
Rail: There is Railway connectivity to Bangalore, Mysore and other locations.
Port: Nearest port is Mangalore Port at a distance of 365 Km.
Airport: The nearest international airport is Bengaluru International Airport situated at a distance of 70 Kms.
Shimoga
- District HQ: Shimoga
- Population: 1,755,512
- Literacy Rate: 80.5%
- Focus Sectors: Food Processing, IT & BT, Engineering, Tourism, Energy, Automobile, Agriculture, Food processing, Fisheries
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 1 Special Economic Zone
- Industrial Icons: Mysore paper Mills Ltd. Bhadravathi, Shahi Exports Pvt Ltd English India Clay Ltd., Paper Packaids Pvt Ltd., Perfect Alloy Components ltd.
- Connectivity:
Road: NH206 and NH 13 connects through the district.
Rail: Railway route length of 130.88 kms passes through the district.
Port: Nearest Seaport – Mangalore.
Airport: Mangalore Airport is the nearest Airport.
Tumkur
- District HQ: Tumkur City
- Population: 2,681,449
- Literacy Rate: 74.32 %
- Focus Sectors: Food Processing, IT & BT, Textile, Steel and Cement Mines, Aerospace, Granite stone cutting and Polishing, Coir Products, Machinery Components, Mining
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: : 6 industrial areas and 8 industrial estates in the district
- Industrial Icons: BYCHEM - Bayir Group, Maini, Johnson Ceramics.
- Connectivity:
Road: NH 4 and NH 48 pass through the Tumkur district
Rail: 100 Km of railway line passing through the district.
Port: Nearest Seaport – Mangalore which is 305 Km away.
Airport: Bengaluru International Airport is the nearest Airport just 80 Km away.
Udupi
- District HQ: Udupi
- Population: 11,77,908
- Literacy Rate: 86.29%
- Focus Sectors: Agro & Food Processing, Garments & Textiles, Information Technology & Biotechnology, Engineering, Ship Building.
- Industrial Icons: Technologies, Suzlon Infrastructures, Lamina Foundries Ltd , Tebna Shipyard, Manipal Group, Manipal Press, CS India Steel Pvt Ltd.
- Connectivity:
Road: 142 kms of NH road length passes through the district.
Rail: Well connected to all major cities and towns through the Konkan Rail line with a network of 100 Kms and 6 railway stations.
Port: Mangalore Port - Closest port to the district at a distance of 65Km.
Airport: Mangalore airport at a distance of 75 Km.
Yadgir
- District HQ: Yadgir
- Population: 1,172,985
- Literacy Rate: 50.65%
- Focus Sectors: Agro & Food Based, Energy, Textile and RHG Industry, Pharmaceutical
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 2 Industrial Estates and 1 Industrial Areas
- Industrial Icons: M/s Core Green Sugars Pvt Ltd
- Connectivity:
Road:
State Highway 15 (Raichur-Bidar) passes through the city, connecting to Bijapur and Hyderabad.
Rail:80 Km of railway line passes through the district and is well connected to the Metro cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Delhi
Port: Nearest ports to the district are Murmugoa which is at a distance of 520 Km.
Airport: Nearest airport is Hyderabad International Airport located at a distance of 180 km
Uttara Kannada
- District HQ: Karwar
- Population: 1,436,847
- Literacy Rate: 84.03%
- Focus Sectors: Mining, Cement, Food Processing, Aromatic and Herbal processing, Fishery, Engineering and construction
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 8 Industrial Estates & 1 Industrial Area
- Industrial Icons: The West Coast Paper Mills Limited, Avinash Engineers, Sai Electronics and Electricals, Divgi Warner Pvt. Ltd.
- Connectivity:
Road: National Highway (NH) 218 (Connecting from Hubli to Gulbarga) NH 4A (Connecting from Karnataka Border to Panaji) NH 206(Connecting from Tumkur to Honavar)
Rail: Railway route length of 176 kms passes through the district.
Port: Karwar Port is situated at a distance of 136 kms with the ability to handle all types of commodities and a capacity of 5 million tons per annum.
Airport: Goa International Airport is situated at a distance of 100 kms.
Chickmagular
- District HQ: Chikkamagalur
- Population: 1,140,905
- Literacy Rate: 64 %
- Focus Sectors: IT & BT, Agriculture & Food, Engineering, Wood based industries, Textiles, Tourism
- Major Industrial Infrastructure: 3 Industrial Estates, 1 Industrial Area
- Industrial Icons: Great Southern Coffees Pvt Limited, Pavanaganga Power Geneva Power, Amble Industrial area and electric power generation units.
- Connectivity:
Road: NH-13 and NH-206 pass through the District.
Rail: Bangalore-Mumbai broad-gauge railway line passes through Kadur & Tarikere Talukas.
Port: New Mangalore Port Trust at Panambur is nearest port which is 160 Km away.
Airport: Nearest Airport is at Mangalore which is 160 Km away
