Chamarajanagar (District)

Chamarajanagar ; District ಚಾಮರಾಜನಗರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
State	Karnataka
Division :	Mysore
Administrative headquarters :	Chamarajanagar
Area :	5,105 km²
Residents :	1,020,962 (2011)
Population density :	200 inhabitants / km²
Website :	chamrajnagar.nic.in

The district of Chamarajanagar ( Kannada : ಚಾಮರಾಜನಗರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ; also: Chamarajanagara , Chamrajnagar ) is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka . The administrative center is the eponymous city of Chamarajanagar .

geography

The district of Chamarajanagar is the southernmost district of Karnataka and lies on the border with the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala . Neighboring districts are Mysore , Mandya and Ramanagara (all Karnataka state) in the north, Krishnagiri , Dharmapuri , Erode and Nilgiris (all Tamil Nadu) in the east and south, and Wayanad (Kerala) in the west.

Forest landscape in the Bandipur National Park

The Chamarajanagar district covers an area of 5,105 square kilometers at the foot of the Nilgiri Mountains in the southernmost part of the Deccan Plateau. The mountain ranges of the Biligirirangan Mountains ( BR Hills ) and the Malai Mahadeshwara Mountains ( MM Hills ), which reach heights of up to 1,800 meters, stretch through the area of the district . The district area is quite densely forested. The Bandipur National Park belongs to the Chamarajanagar district . In the northeast, the Kaveri River forms the border of the district. The Shivanasamudra and Hogenakal Falls are located on this section of the Kaveri .

The district of Chamarajanagar is divided into the four taluks Chamarajanagar, Gundlupet, Kollegal and Yelandur.

history

Before Indian independence, the western part of today's Chamarajanagar district belonged to the princely state of Mysore , the eastern part around the city of Kollegal was part of the Coimbatore district of the British province of Madras . In 1949, the previously nominally independent state of Mysore joined the Indian Union. When the boundaries of the Indian states were reorganized according to linguistic criteria by the States Reorganization Act in 1956 , the entire area of today's district came to the state of Mysore, which was formed after the language boundaries of Kannada and renamed Karnataka in 1973 . In 1997, the Chamarajanagar district was dissolved as an independent district from the Mysore district.

population

According to the 2011 census, the Chamarajanagar district has 1,020,962 inhabitants. This makes it the third smallest district of Karnataka in terms of population. Population growth is low: Compared to the last census in 2001, the population only grew by 5.8 percent and thus much more slowly than the state average (15.7 percent). The population density of 200 inhabitants per square kilometer is well below the average in Karnataka (319 inhabitants per square kilometer). At 61.1 percent, the literacy rate is one of the lowest of all Karnataka districts and is well below the state average (76.1 percent).

According to the 2001 census, Hindus make up a large majority of 89.4 percent of the residents of the district . Muslims (4.1 percent), Buddhists (3.5 percent) and Christians (2.2 percent) are smaller minorities. Most of the Buddhists are descendants of Tibetan refugees who were settled here in the 1950s and 1960s. The census classifies 11.0 percent of the district's population as members of the tribal population ( Adivasi ).

Cities

city	Population (2001)
Chamarajanagar	60,810
Gundlupet	26,368
College	52,450
Yelandur	8,583

Web links

Commons : Chamarajanagar District - Collection of images, videos and audio files

District website

Individual evidence

↑ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals: Data Sheet (PDF; 1.7 MB) and Population and decadal growth rate by residence Persons. (PDF; 1.3 MB)
^ Census of India 2001: Basic Data Sheet. District Chamarajanagar (27), Karnataka (29). (PDF; 55 kB)
↑ Census of India 2001: Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities / Towns (in alphabetic order) ( Memento from June 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive )

[1] Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals: Data Sheet (PDF; 1.7 MB) and Population and decadal growth rate by residence Persons. (PDF; 1.3 MB)

[2] Census of India 2001: Basic Data Sheet. District Chamarajanagar (27), Karnataka (29). (PDF; 55 kB)

[3] Census of India 2001: Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities / Towns (in alphabetic order) ( Memento from June 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive )