Haveri district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Karnataka
- Region
- Bayaluseeme
- Division
- Kittur Karnataka
- Established
- August 24, 1997
- Headquarters
- Haveri
- Commercial office
- Ranebennur
- Taluks
- Byadgi , Haveri , Hangal , Hirekerur , Shiggaon , Savanur , Rattihalli , Ranebennur
- Deputy commissioner
- Vijaymahantesh Danammanavar
- Total
- 4,823 km (1,862 sq mi)
- Density
- 331.3/km (858.0/sq mi)
- Official
- Kannada
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- (581110) Haveri (581115) Ranebennur
- Telephone code
- (08375) Haveri (08373) Ranebennur
- Iso 3166 code
- IN-KA
- Vehicle registration
- KA-27 Haveri , KA-68 Ranebennur
- Website
- haveri .nic .in
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Encyclopedic overview
Haveri district is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. As of 2011, it had a population of 1,597,668, out of which 20.78% were urban residents. The district headquarters is Haveri. Ranebennur is the biggest city in Haveri district with population and the commercial city and business headquarters and seeds production hub.
Name of the place Haveri is derived from two Kannada words "Havu" which means snake and "keri" which means lake or Village/Locality so people called it "Havu-keri" meaning "Village of snakes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haveri district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.