Bantwal taluk

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Bantwal
Taluka
Kashi Mutt in Bantwal
Bantwal Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 12°53′37″N 74°59′41″E / 12.8936°N 74.9947°E / 12.8936; 74.9947
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Nearest City	Mangalore
Area
• Total	740 km2 (290 sq mi)
Elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	395,380
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	574 211
Telephone code	08255
Vehicle registration	KA-70
Website	www.bantwaltown.mrc.gov.in

Bantwal taluk is a taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The headquarters is the town of Bantwal, an eastern suburb of Mangalore.

Prior to 1852, Bantwal Taluk was the largest taluk in the entire of Canara Province (then comprising North Canara, Udupi, Mangalore and Kasaragod Districts) with 411 villages and a total population of 1,69,416. In 1852, a portion of it was formed into the Taluk of Puttur.^[1] Bantwal was an entrepot for the produce of the province on its way to the Mysore Country and had derived a great benefit of late years from the extension of the coffee trade. It contained about thousand scattered houses inhabited by Billava, Bunts, Bhandary, Ganigas, Kulals, Goud Saraswat Brahmins, Konkani Catholics and a few Jains.^[1]