Hassan (District)

Hassan District ಹಾಸನ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
State	Karnataka
Division :	Mysore
Administrative headquarters :	Hassan
Area :	6,805 km²
Residents :	1,776,221 (2011)
Population density :	261 inhabitants / km²
Website :	hassan.nic.in

The Hassan District ( Kannada : ಹಾಸನ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ) is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka . The administrative center is the eponymous city of Hassan .

geography

The Hassan District is inland in the south of Karnataka. Neighboring districts are Tumkur in the east, Mandya in the southeast, Mysore in the south, Kodagu in the southwest, Dakshina Kannada in the west and Chikmagalur in the northwest.

View from the Indragiri mountain over Shravanabelagola and the surrounding plateau

The area of the district Hassan has an area of 6,805 square kilometers and lies on the border of two landscapes: in the West, the proportion of the district in the Western Ghats located Malnad region. Here the terrain is mountainous and partly still densely forested. The highest point is the Jenkalabetta mountain at 1,389 meters above sea level. The eastern part of the district belongs to the Maidan region , which occupies the southern part of the Dekkan Plateau. Here the landscape presents itself as a gently undulating plateau shaped by fields and pastures with an average height of 600 to 900 meters, from which only a few mountains such as the 1,009 meter high Indragiri near Shravanabelagola rise. The Hemavati River flows through the district. The climate is moderate due to the altitude. The parts of the district located in the Western Ghats receive heavy rainfall during the southwest monsoon .

The Hassan district is divided into the eight taluks Alur, Arkalgud, Arsikere, Belur, Channarayapattana, Hassan, Holenarsipur and Sakleshpur.

history

The Hoysaleshwara Temple built by the Hoysala in their capital, Halebid

The oldest historical reports on the area of ​​today's Hassan district date back to the 3rd century BC. BC back. The Maurya King Chandragupta is said to have made a pilgrimage to Shravanabelagola after his conversion to Jainism and fasted to death there. Later the area was ruled by the Kadamba and the Ganga . In the 12th century, the Hoysala made Dorasamudra (now Halebid ) , located in what is now the Hassan district, their capital and rose to dominate the southern Deccan. In the 14th century, the Hoysala Empire collapsed due to the invasion of Islamic troops from the Delhi Sultanate . A little later the area came under the rule of the Hindu Vijayanagar Empire, and in the 17th century it was finally conquered by the Rajas of Mysore .

During the British colonial era , Mysore was a nominally independent princely state under British rule. Hassan District has existed as an administrative unit since then. After Indian independence, Mysore joined the Indian Union in 1949. As a result of the reorganization of the Indian states, the Hassan district became part of the state of Mysore (renamed Karnataka in 1973 ) after the language borders of the Kannada .

population

According to the 2011 Indian census, the Hassan district has a population of 1,776,221. Population growth is low: between 2001 and 2011, the population only grew by 3.2 percent, which is significantly lower than the average in Karnataka (15.7 percent). The population density of 261 people per square kilometer is below the state average (319 people per square kilometer). 21.2 percent of the residents of Hassan district live in cities. The degree of urbanization is thus lower than the mean value in Karnataka (38.6 percent). The literacy rate of 75.9 percent corresponds to the state average (76.1 percent).

According to the 2001 census , Hindus make up a large majority of the district's residents at 92.2 percent. For Islam to 6.1 percent of the population profess. Other religions do not play a significant role: The Christian population is low at 0.9 percent and the Jainas are hardly represented, despite the presence of an important shrine in Shravanabelgola with a demographic 0.3 percent.

Attractions

Gomateshwara statue in Shravanabelagola

The Hassan district has a high density of sights of cultural and historical significance. The temples of Halebid and Belur commemorate the heyday of the Hoysala Empire in the 12th and 13th centuries . Halebid, once the capital of the Hoysala under the name Dorasamudra, is now an insignificant village, in which only the Hoysaleshwara Temple, built at the end of the 12th century, and a few smaller shrines remind of the former importance of the place. The Chennakeshava Temple at Belur was begun in 1116; like the Hoysaleshwara Temple, it is richly decorated with filigree relief jewelry. The temples of Halebid and Belur, along with the Keshava temple of Somanathapura, are considered highlights of Hoysala architecture .

One of the most important shrines of the Jain religion is located in Shravanabelagola . The main attraction for pilgrims and tourists is the 10th century colossal statue of the Jain saint Gomateshwara. The 17.50 meter high statue is surrounded by temples on the summit of Indragiri Hill. Other Jain temples from between the 9th and 12th centuries are located on the summit of the neighboring Chandragiri hill.

Cities

city	Population (2001)
Aluminum	6.133
Arkalgud	15.184
Arsikere	43,125
Belur	20,225
Channarayapattana	33,240
Hassan	117,386
Holenarsipur	27,018
Sakleshpur	23,201
Sathyamangala	11,399

Web links

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

• District website
• The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 13: Gyāraspur to Jais. New edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 61–69 , keyword: Hassan District .

Individual evidence

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 Hassan (23), 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 )