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Udupi district

district of Karnataka, India

Key facts

Country: India
State: Karnataka
Region: Coastal Karnataka
Established: 25 August 1997
Headquarters: Udupi
Talukas: Udupi , Karkala , Kundapura , Hebri , Byndoor , Brahmavara & Kaup
Type: District Administration
Body: Zilla panchayat
Deputy commissioner and district magistr: Swaroopa T. K., IAS
Chief executive officer: Prateek Bayal ( IAS )
Superintendent of police: Hariram Shankar IPS
District incharge minister: Lakshmi Hebbalkar
Total: 3,880 km (1,500 sq mi)
Density: 303/km (786/sq mi)
Official: Kannada
Regional: Tulu , Kundapra bhashi , Konkani , Urdu , Beary , Malayalam
Time zone: UTC+5:30 ( IST )
Pin: 576 101

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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.