South Karnataka

South Karnataka generally refers to the southern part of Karnataka state, excluding the coastal areas. It generally corresponds to former Mysore state. It is generally referred as Hale Mysuru Region in Kannada which translates to Old Mysore Region or OMR. Kannada dialect of South Karnataka is slightly different as compared to North Karnataka.

Districts
There are 15 districts in South Karnataka:


 * Bengaluru Urban
 * Bengaluru Rural
 * Chikkaballapur
 * Kolar
 * Mysuru
 * Mandya
 * Kodagu
 * Hassan
 * Chikmagalur
 * Shivamogga
 * Tumakuru
 * Chitradurga
 * Davanagere
 * Chamarajanagar
 * Ramanagara