It took its present shape in 1956, when the states of Mysore and Coorg (Kodagu) were merged

with the Kannada-speaking districts of the former states of Bombay, Hyderabad, and Madras.
Mysore state was made up of ten districts, Bangalore, Kolar, Tumakuru, Mandya, Mysore,
Hassan, Chikkamagaluru , Shivamogga and Chitradurga; Bellary had been transferred from
Madras state to Mysore in 1953, when the new state of Andhra Pradesh was created out of
Madras' northern districts.[1] Coorg state became a district,[2] Dakshina Kannada (South Kanara)
district was transferred from Madras State, Uttara Kannada, Dharwad District, Belgaum District,
and Bijapur District from Bombay State, and Bidar District, Gulbarga District, and Raichur
district from Hyderabad State. It received its new name of Karnataka in the year 1973.

In 1986, the Bangalore Rural district was split from Bangalore district.

The Indian State of Karnataka consists of 27 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions.
The state geographically has 3 principal regions: the coastal region of Karavali, the hilly
Malenadu region comprising the Western Ghats, and the Bayaluseeme region, comprising the
plains of the Deccan plateau.

Map showing the 4 divisions and 27 districts (as of 2010) of Karnataka

Contents
 1 History
 2 Administrative structure
o 2.1 Administrative divisions
 3 Alphabetical listing of districts
 4 References
 5 External links
History

Mysore State that was created during States Reorganisation of 1956.

Main articles: History of Karnataka and Unification of Karnataka

It took its present shape in 1956, when the states of Mysore and Coorg (Kodagu) were merged
with the Kannada-speaking districts of the former states of Bombay, Hyderabad, and Madras.
Mysore state was made up of ten districts, Bangalore, Kolar, Tumakuru, Mandya, Mysore,
Hassan, Chikkamagaluru , Shivamogga and Chitradurga; Bellary had been transferred from
Madras state to Mysore in 1953, when the new state of Andhra Pradesh was created out of
Madras' northern districts.[1] Coorg state became a district,[2] Dakshina Kannada (South Kanara)
district was transferred from Madras State, Uttara Kannada, Dharwad District, Belgaum District,
and Bijapur District from Bombay State, and Bidar District, Gulbarga District, and Raichur
district from Hyderabad State. It received its new name of Karnataka in the year 1973.

In 1986, the Bangalore Rural district was split from Bangalore district.

Notification RD 42 LRD 87 Part III was part of a notification issued by the Government of
Karnataka on August 2, 1997 in Bangalore that resulted in the creation of seven new districts in
the Indian state of Karn