page_title: Tumakuru district
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Tumakuru district / Religion
caption_attribution_description: English: Tumkur District, Karnataka state, India.
context_page_description: Tumakuru District is an administrative district in the state of Karnataka in India. It was formerly a part of the old Mysuru State. It was formed in 1832 during the days of British commissioner of Mysuru Sir Mark Cubbon as Chitaldroog Division including the area of present Chitradurga and Tumakuru districts headquartered at Tumakuru, Major General Richard Stewart Dobbs was the first collector of the district, who was key responsible for the establishment of Munro system of administration. In the year 1862 Chitaldroog division was abolished and Tumakuru and Chitradurga established as separate districts by Lewin Bentham Bowring. The district headquarters are located at Tumakuru. The district occupies an area of 10,598 km² and had a population of 2,678,980, of which 19.62% were urban as of 2011., It is a one-and-a-half-hour drive from Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka. The district is known for the production of coconuts, called as 'Kalpataru Nadu'. It is the only discontiguous district in Karnataka.
  Tumakuru District is the second largest district in the state of Karnataka after Belagavi.
context_section_description: According to the 2011 census Tumkur district has a population of 2,678,980,[5] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait[6] or the US state of Nevada.[7] According to this census, 2,413,812 are Hindus (90.10%), 245,923 are Muslims (9.18%) 9130 are Christians (0.34%), 5067(0.19%) are Jains.
caption: Bangalore-Hassan Road
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