What is the topic?
Karnataka
What is this?
a state
Where is it located?
state in the south western region of India
When was it made?
1 November 1956
What facilitated the creation?
States Reorganisation Act.
What was it known as originally?
Originally known as the State of Mysore
When was it renamed?
1973
What city is the capitol?
Bangalore
Is it the biggest?
yes
How many rivers are in the state?
two
What are their names?
Krishna and Kavari
What do these rivers feed?
sea at the Bay of Bengal
How many people live in the state?
61,130,704
When were they counted?
2011 census
Where does this state rank in population?
the eighth largest state by population
How many districts are in the state?
30 districts
What is the official language?
Kannada, one of the classical languages of India,
What percentage of India does the state comprise?
5.83 percent
Where does it rank by area?
seventh
Does the state border the Arabian sea?
yes