Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Karnataka
- Administration division
- Bengaluru
- Established
- 1 November 1956
- Headquarters
- Shimoga
- Talukas
- Shimoga , Sagara , Shikaripura , Soraba , Hosanagara , Bhadravathi , Thirthahalli
- Superintendent of police
- G. K. Mithun Kumar, IPS
- Deputy commissioner and district magistr
- Gurudatta Hegade (IAS)
- Total
- 8,495 km (3,280 sq mi)
- Density
- 207/km (540/sq mi)
- Official
- Kannada
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- Shimoga KA-14 Sagara KA-15
- Website
- shimoga .nic .in /en /
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Encyclopedic overview
Shimoga district, officially known as Shivamogga district, is a district in the Karnataka state of India. A major part of Shimoga district lies in the Malnad region or the Sahyadri. Shimoga city is its administrative centre. As of 2011 Shimoga district has a population of 17,52,753. There are seven taluks: Soraba, Sagara, Hosanagar, Shimoga, Shikaripura, Thirthahalli, and Bhadravathi. Channagiri and Honnali were part of Shimoga district until 1997 when they became part of the newly formed Davanagere district.
Origin of name
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shimoga district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.