Udupi district
Udupi district | |
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Clockwise from top-left: Udupi Sri Krishna Matha, Chaturmukha Basadi in Karkala, Kapu Beach, St. Mary's Islands near Malpe, Mookambika Temple in Kollur | |
| Nickname: Temple City | |
Location in Karnataka | |
| Coordinates: 13°21′N 74°45′E / 13.35°N 74.75°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Region | Tulunadu |
| Established | 25 August 1997 |
| Headquarters | Udupi |
| Talukas | Udupi, Karkala, Kundapura, Hebri, Byndoor, Brahmavara & Kaup |
| Government | |
| • District Commissioner | K VidyaKumari (IAS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,880 km2 (1,500 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,177,361 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (790/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| • Regional | Tulu,Kundapra bhashi, Konkani, Urdu, Beary |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 576 101 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KA-UD |
| Vehicle registration | KA-20 |
| Coastline | 98 kilometres (61 mi) |
| Largest city | Udupi |
| Sex ratio | 1094 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 86.24% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Udupi-Chikmagalur |
| Precipitation | 4,302 millimetres (169.4 in) |
| Website | udupi |
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Udupi district (also Udipi (IPA: [uɖupi]) in Kannada or Odipu (IPA: [oɖipu]) in Tulu language) is an administrative subdivision in the Karnataka state of India, with the district headquarters in the city of Udupi. It is situated in the Canara old north Malabar coastal region. There are seven taluks, 233 villages and 21 towns in Udupi district. The three northern tehsils of Udupi, Kundapur and Karkala, were partitioned from Dakshina Kannada district (South Canara) to form Udupi district on 25 August 1997. Moodabidri was officially declared as new tehsil (taluk) in 2018.
In February 2018, the district was split to into 3 more taluks, with Byndoor being carved out of Kundapur taluk and the Udupi taluk being split into three parts. Along with the initial Udupi taluk, Kapu, Brahmavar and Hebri were created.
Dinakar Babu and Sheela K Shetty of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the current president (Sarpanch) and vice-president of the Udupi Zilla Panchayat, respectively, after the election held at the Zilla Panchayat on 27 April 2016.