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Dakshina Kannada district

district of Karnataka, India
AdministrativeArea district_of_india Q950571
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Dakshina Kannada district

Summary

Dakshina Kannada district is a district of India[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of district_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,433 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dakshina Kannada district is located in Mysuru division[3].
  • Dakshina Kannada district is in the country of India[4].
  • Dakshina Kannada district is on the continent of Asia[5].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's instance of is recorded as district of India[6].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's capital is recorded as Mangaluru[7].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's official language is recorded as Kannada[8].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's shares border with is recorded as Udupi district[9].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's shares border with is recorded as Kasaragod district[10].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's postal code is recorded as 5750xx[11].
  • Dakshina Kannada district is part of Kanara[12].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's Commons category is recorded as Dakshina Kannada district[13].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30[14].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's local dialing code is recorded as 082xx[15].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 13, 'lon': 75.4}[16].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's official website is recorded as http://www.dk.nic.in/[17].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dakshina Kannada district[18].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's topic's main category is recorded as Q33097399[19].
  • Dakshina Kannada district has a population of {'amount': '+2089649'}[20].
  • Dakshina Kannada district has a population of {'amount': '+1897730'}[21].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dakshina Kannada'}[22].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'kn', 'text': 'ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡ'}[23].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+439733'}[24].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's female population is recorded as {'amount': '+1054935'}[25].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's male population is recorded as {'amount': '+1034714'}[26].
  • Dakshina Kannada district's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dakshina Kannada'}[27].

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Geography

Dakshina Kannada district is in the country of India[4]. It is located in Mysuru division[3]. It is on the continent of Asia[5]. It is part of Kanara[12].

Physical Characteristics

Dakshina Kannada district covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+4559'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2089649'}[20] and {'amount': '+1897730'}[21].

Designation and Status

Dakshina Kannada district's instance of is recorded as district of India[6].

Why It Matters

Dakshina Kannada district ranks in the top 8% of district_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,433 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

Related Entities

India Puttur Udupi

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2011 census of India. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · VIGNERON · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+05:30
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/44153|batch #44153]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 14w ago · Chaduvari · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Dakshina Kannada district, Q33097399
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Dakshina Kannada district
    Capital → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Mysuru division, Mysore State, Kingdom of Mysore
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q15703901 */"
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