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The Karnataka government on 3 December 2011 unveiled a five-year action plan to fully use its share of water in the Krishna River basin. Stage III of UKP would use 130 tmcft of water. The Karnataka government would be spending ₹ 17,000 crore (US$2.0 billion) to complete the third stage of the project.
Coastal Development Authority is a government body of State Government of Karnataka. Its headquarters is situated in Mangalore, Karnataka. The authority works to develop of the three coastal districts of Karnataka named Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada. [1] [2]
In geo-physical terms Bidar district is part of the semi-arid and drought-prone belt of northern Karnataka and has been susceptible to periodic droughts. Though some 82 percent of the total land are cultivated, only eight (8) percent of its total cultivable area is irrigated. [26]
The most severe meteorological droughts were in the years 1876, 1899, 1918, 1965, and 2000, while the five worst hydrological droughts occurred in the years 1876, 1899, 1918, 1965, and 2000. The drought of 1899 can be classified as meteorological as well as hydrological and was the most severe documented drought India has ever experienced to date.
According to the 2011 census, the total population of the district was, 990,923 of which 21.65% were urban [6] with a population density of 309 persons per km 2.Bangalore Rural district has 22.5% of its population belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe.
As of 2001 India census, [4] Bagepalli had a population of 1,69,689. [5] Males constitute 50.7% of the population and females 49.3%. Bagepalli has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 7 years of age.
The southern Indian state of Karnataka consists of 31 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions, viz., Belagavi, Bengaluru , Gulbarga, and Mysore.Geographically, the state has three principal variants: the western coastal stretch, the hilly belt comprising the Western Ghats, and the plains, comprising the plains of the Deccan plateau.
4 Divisions and 31 Districts of Karnataka. Karnataka has about 236 Talukas. The table below lists all the talukas in the state of Karnataka, India, by district. [1] The urban status is listed for the headquarters town of the taluka, rural talukas are much larger. Urban status follows the census standard. [2] Level of each administration.