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The following is a list of the most populous cities in Karnataka state of India as per the 2011 census. There are 27 cities in Karnataka which have a population over 100,000. There are 27 cities in Karnataka which have a population over 100,000.
Industrial and commercial activities dominate Mangalore 's economy. Mangalore 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 both a major port and an international airport. Around 75% of India's coffee, timber and cashew nuts ...
Karnataka is the leader in the information technology sector in India and its capital, Bangalore, is known as the Silicon Valley of India. In the IT sector, Karnataka generated a total revenue of ₹ 516.5 billion in the financial year 2006–07 which included ₹ 487 billion from software exports and ₹ 29.5 billion from hardware exports. [28]
Hubli-Dharwad is the second largest city in Karnataka, in terms of area and population, and is one of the 49 Metropolitan clusters selected by McKinsey & Company as growth hotspots in India. [15] It is also a major city in terms of Administration, Business and Commerce in Karnataka after Bangalore and Mangalore.
Mangalore (/ ˈmæŋɡəlɔːr, ˌmæŋɡəˈlɔːr / MANG-gə-lor, -LOR), officially known as Mangaluru, 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 352 km (219 mi) west of Bangalore, the state capital, 14 km north of ...
Bangalore or Bengaluru, the capital city of the South Indian state of Karnataka, India. The economy of Bengaluru contributes over 43.65% to the economy of the State [1] of Karnataka, accounting for 98% of the Software Exports of the State. The establishment and success of high technology firms in Bangalore have led to the growth of Information ...
By 1500 CE, Hampi-Vijayanagara was the world's second-largest city, after Beijing, and probably India's richest at that time, attracting traders from Persia and Portugal. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The Vijayanagara Empire was defeated by a coalition of Muslim sultanates; its capital was conquered, pillaged and destroyed by Sultanate armies in 1565, after ...
Bangalore. Bangalore (/ ˈbæŋɡəlɔːr, ˌbæŋɡəˈlɔːr / BANG-gə-lor, -LOR), officially Bengaluru (Kannada: [ˈbeŋgɐɭuːɾu] ⓘ; ISO: Beṁgaḷūru), is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than 8 million[5] and a metropolitan population of around 15 million, [6 ...