- Inception
- 1 November 1956
- Population
- 61130704, 61095297
- Area
- 191791
- demonym
- Karnatakan, Karnatakano, karnatakien, karnatakienne, كَرْنَانِكِيٌّ
- female population
- 30128640
- head of government
- Basavaraj Bommai, Siddaramaiah, D. K. Shivakumar, S. Nijalingappa, Basappa Danappa Jatti, S. R. Kanthi, D. Devaraj Urs, R. Gundu Rao, Ramakrishna Hegde, S. R. Bommai, Veerendra Patil, Sarekoppa Bangarappa
- illiterate population
- 20447975
- language used
- Goan Konkani, Dakhanī, Bellari, Bhilali, Canara Konkani, Aranadan, Dhanki, Dhodia, Pardhi, Dubli, Ravula, Yerukala
- literate population
- 40647322
- male population
- 30966657
- name
- ꠇꠞꠘꠣꠐꠇ ꠞꠣꠁꠎ꠆ꠎ
- native label
- कर्नाटक, கருநாடகம், కర్ణాటక, കർണാടക, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ
- official name
- कर्नाटक, கருநாடகம், కర్ణాటక, കർണാടക, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ
- rural population
- 37469335
- urban population
- 23625962