Davanagere District is an administrative district of Karnataka state in southern India. The city of Davanagere is the district headquarters. It had a population of 1,946,905 of which 32.31% was urban as of 2011. This district was carved out of Chitradurga district in 1997 by then Chief minister of Karnataka J. H. Patel.The district lies above the historic city of Chitradurga. The prominent cities/towns in this district are Harihara, Honnali and Channagiri.