District administration A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a
Deputy Commissioner (DC), an officer belonging to the
Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The Deputy Commissioner reports to the
Regional Commissioner. The Deputy Commissioner is also the
Collector and
District Magistrate of the district. The Deputy Commissioner is assisted by an Additional Deputy Commissioner at the district headquarters. The deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to the
Karnataka Administrative Service. The deputy commissioner/collector is assisted by assistant commissioners and tahsildars, who are incharge of
subdivisions and
taluks respectively. The district (
revenue district) is divided into subdivisions. Each subdivision consists of several talukas under its administrative purview. Each subdivision is headed by a
Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO), who holds the designation of Assistant Commissioner and Sub-Divisional Magistrate. Each taluka is headed by a
Tahsildar. These subdivisions and talukas are established for land revenue and land administration purposes. Each taluk contains
hobli and villages, headed by Revenue Inspectors and Village Accountants respectively.
Police administration A
Superintendent of Police (SP), usually an officer belonging to the
Indian Police Service (IPS), is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Karnataka Police Service and other Karnataka Police officials. Big cities like
Bengaluru,
Belagavi,
Hubballi-Dharwad,
Kalaburagi,
Mangaluru and
Mysuru are headed by a
Commissioner of Police holding the rank of Additional Director General of Police(ADGP) for Bengaluru, Inspector General of Police (IGP) for Mysuru and Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for Belagavi, Hubballi-Dharwad, Kalaburagi and Mangaluru. They are assisted by officers belonging to the
Karnataka Police Service (KSPS).
Forest A Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the
Indian Forest Service selected through the
UPSC examination is responsible for managing the forests, the environment and wildlife of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Karnataka Forest Service selected through the
KPSC examination.
Other department Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as Public Works, Health, Education, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the various state services.
Administrative divisions ==Alphabetical listing of districts==