Mangaluru taluk is a ''
taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
'' (subdistrict) in the
Dakshina Kannada
Dakshina Kannada district is located in the states and territories of India, state of Karnataka in India, with its headquarters in the coastal city of Mangaluru. The district covers an area nestled in between the Western Ghats to its east and the ...
district,
Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
on the western coast of
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
.
Mangaluru
Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the stat ...
is the administrative headquarters of the ''taluk''. It is made up of
Mangaluru City Corporation
The Mangaluru City Corporation is the municipal corporation responsible for overseeing the local administration of the Indian city of Mangaluru and it's suburbs, which are a major urban area and the most important port city of Karnataka st ...
,
Ullal City Municipal Council
The Ullal City Municipal is the municipal corporation responsible for looking after the city administration of the city of Ullal in Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
The Ullal location was formed as Nagara Panchayat in 1996. This was upgraded to To ...
that govern the Mangaluru Urban Agglomeration, Other than these there are forty-nine
panchayat villages in Mangalore taluk. It covers an area of .
Mangaluru
Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the stat ...
,
Ullal
Ullal or ''Uḷḷāla'' is a City in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state in India. Ullal City Municipal Council along with the Mangaluru City Corporation forms the continuous Mangaluru urban agglomeration area which is currently the ...
and
Moodabidri
Moodubidire (''Mūḍubidire''; also called Mudbidri, Moodbidri and Bedra) is a town and taluk in Dakshina Kannada district. It lies 34 km northeast of the district headquarters, Mangalore, in Karnataka, India.
Because of widely grown b ...
are the top 3 highly populated towns.
See also
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Economy of Mangaluru
Industrial and commercial activities dominate Mangaluru's economy. Mangaluru is the only city in the state of Karnataka to have all modes of transport — air, road, rail and sea — as well as being one of only five cities in India to have bot ...
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Swami Vivekananda Planetarium
Swami Vivekananda Planetarium, also called Pilikula Planetarium, at Pilikula Nisargadhama in Mangaluru is the first 3D planetarium in India. It is also only such planetarium in the country with hybrid modern technology innovations coupled with ...
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Geography of Mangalore
Villages in Dakshina Kannada district
Taluks of Karnataka
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