Location : South Karnataka                         Area in Sq.Kms : 10,291
Percent of State's Area : 5.37                      Population in 1991 : 1,220,260
Rank : 18                                                    Numder of Taluks : 11
Number of Grama Panchayats : 212            Number of Taluk and Urban
Distance from Bangalore : kms                    Agglomerations : 14

Important jatra :

Place	Month	Deity/Saint	No of days	Approximate attendence
Dharmasthala	November	Manjunatheshwara	3	1 lakh
Udupi	January(once in 2 years)	Lord Krishna Paryaya	7	50,000
Kollur	November	Mookambika	10	1 lakh
Subrahmanya	December	Subramanya	1	25,000