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Davangere
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Dāvanagere is a city in the centre of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the seventh largest city in the state and the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Davangere district. Hitherto being a cotton hub and hence popularly known before as the Manchester of Karnataka, the City's commercial ventures are now dominated by the education and agro-processing industries. Davanagere became a separate district in 1997, when it was separated from the erstwhile undivided district of Chitradurga for administrative convenience. Davanagere is known for its rich culinary traditions which e
Key facts
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- Davanagere
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- City
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- 'Davanagere glass House'
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- Bennenagari
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- yes
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- 6
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- Davanagere in Karnataka
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- Country
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- State
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- Karnataka
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- District
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- Davanagere
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- Municipal Corporation
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- Davanagere City Corporation
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- Mayor
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- K. Chaman Sab
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- Metric
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 77
- Elevation
- 604
- Image
- Saraswathidavanagere.JPG
- Dialing code
- 8192
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- Commons category
- Davangere
- postal code
- 577002
- P12749
- 231 BC
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7 sectionsContents
- Civic administration
- Geography
- Demographics
- Davanagere Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
- Climate
- See also
- References
Dāvanagere is a city in the centre of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the seventh largest city in the state and the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Davangere district. Hitherto being a cotton hub and hence popularly known before as the Manchester of Karnataka, the City's commercial ventures are now dominated by the education and agro-processing industries. Davanagere became a separate district in 1997, when it was separated from the erstwhile undivided district of Chitradurga for administrative convenience. Davanagere is known for its rich culinary traditions which encompass the diversity of entire Karnataka's dishes due to its geographical position in the state as its centre. Notable among them is its aromatic benne dose.
Davanagere was selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under the Central government's Smart Cities Mission. It was among the first 20 towns developed under the Ministry of Urban Development's mission. According to the 2020 human living index, it was ranked the 9th most livable city in India with a population under 10 million.
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