General Information
| Capital |
Bangalore |
| Area |
191,791 Sq. Km. |
| Population |
44,977,201 |
| Principal Languages |
Kannada, Tamil, Urdu |
| Urbanization rate |
30.91% |
| Literacy rate |
56% |
| State Domestic Product |
Rs. 318,930 mln. (1993-94, At current prices) |
| Per Capita State Income |
Rs. 6,809 (1993-94, At current prices) |
| No. of Districts |
20 |
| Cities |
Bangalore, Mangalore, Mysore, Hubli, Belgaum |
Major Industries /Crops /Minerals
| Industries |
Air Craft, Rail, Coaches, Telephone Instruments, Electronic Equipments, Glass, Batteries, Electronic Motors, Textiles, Silk, Hosiery por/pan/celain, Ceramic, Sugar, Capacitors, Mining Metal, Tools, Cement, Motor Cycles, Fertilisers. |
| Crops |
Rice,Ragi, Jowar, Bajra, Maize, Cardomom, Apricot, Sun- flower, Coconut, Cotton, Groundnut, Chilies, Castor Seed, Sugarcane, Tobacco. |
| Minerals |
High grade Iron Ore, Copper, Manganese, Chromite, China Clay, Limestone, Magnetite, Gold. |
Infrastructure
Power Sector
I. Installed Capacity (Cumulative)
(a) Hydel
KEB Plants
|
220.60 Mega Watts |
KPC Plants |
2286.19 Mega Watts |
(b) Thermal
| KPC Plants |
630.00 Mega Watts |
(c) Diesel
KEB Plants |
127.92 Mega Watts |
Total Installed Capacity 3264.71 Mega Watts
II. Electricity Generation
(a) Hydel
| KPC Generation |
9766 Mega Units |
| KEB Generation |
773 |
(b) Thermal
| KPC Generation |
3538 Mega Units |
(c) Diesel
| KEB Generation |
308 Mega Units |
Total Electric Generation 14385 Mega Units
III. Electricity Imported from
| (a) Central Project |
3270 |
| (b) Other States |
-- |
Total Electricity Imported 3270 Mega Units
|