Krishnagiri (District)

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Krishnagiri
District கிருஷ்ணகிரி மாவட்டம்
District map
State Tamil Nadu
Administrative headquarters : Krishnagiri
Area : 5,192 km²
Residents : 1,879,809 (2011)
Population density : 367 inhabitants / km²
Website : krishnagiri.tn.nic.in

The Krishnagiri district ( Tamil : கிருஷ்ணகிரி மாவட்டம் ) is a district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . The administrative center is the eponymous city of Krishnagiri , the largest city is Hosur . The Krishnagiri district has an area of ​​5,192 square kilometers and around 1.9 million inhabitants (2011 census).

geography

At the Krishnagiri reservoir

The district of Krishnagiri is located in the northern interior of Tamil Nadu on the border with the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh . Neighboring districts are Vellore in the east, Tiruvannamalai in the southeast and Dharmapuri in the south (all Tamil Nadu), Chamarajanagar in the southwest, Ramanagara in the west, Bengaluru Urban in the northwest, Bangalore Rural and Kolar in the north (all Karnataka) and Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) in the northeast .

The area of ​​the Krishnagiri district is 5091 square kilometers. The terrain forms the transition from the plains of Tamil Nadu to the highlands of Dekkan and rises slowly from the southeast to the northwest. The altitude ranges from 300 meters above sea level in the southeast to 900 meters on the border with Karnataka. In the southwest near Denkanikottai rise the Melagiri Mountains , an extension of the Eastern Ghats , which reach heights of up to 1400 meters. The mountains are densely forested and still provide habitat for Asian elephants and other wildlife. The Ponnaiyar River flows across the district . At Krishnagiri the Ponnaiyar is dammed up by the Krishnagiri dam . In the southwest the river Kaveri forms the border of the district for a part.

In the district of Krishnagiri there is an alternating humid tropical climate . The annual mean temperature in Krishnagiri is 26.5 ° C, the annual mean precipitation is 789 mm. Most of the rainfall occurs during the northeast monsoon in October and November. It also rains during the southwest monsoons in August and September.

Administrative division

Taluks

Krishnagiri District is divided into five taluks :

Municipalities

There are two municipalities in Krishnagiri District :

history

Historical view of Fort Krishnagiri

Fort Krishnagiri, located on the mountain of the same name, was built under the rule of the Vijayanagar king Krishnadevaraya (1509-29). During the Anglo-Mysore Wars it resisted two British conquest attempts, at the end of the Third Mysore War had Tipu Sultan but the area of Krishnagiri in British India to cede. The British incorporated the area as part of the Salem district in the Madras province . After Indian independence, the area became part of the newly formed state of Madras (now Tamil Nadu) in 1956. In 1965 Krishnagiri came together with the northern part of the Salem district to the newly established Dharmapuri district . As an independent district, Krishnagiri was formed in 2004 by splitting off from the Dharmapuri district.

population

Youngsters in Krishnagiri

According to the 2011 Indian census, the Krishnagiri district has 1,879,809 inhabitants. The population density of 367 inhabitants per square kilometer is below the Tamil Nadu average (555 inhabitants per square kilometer). Only 23 percent of the district's residents live in cities. The urbanization date is only half as high as the state average (48 percent of the population). The literacy rate is below average: only 72 percent of the district's residents can read and write (the Tamil Nadu average is 80 percent).

Hindus are the vast majority of the residents of Krishnagiri District . According to the 2011 census, they made up 91.7 percent of the population in Krishnagiri district. 6.1 percent of the population profess Islam , while Christians represent only a small minority at 1.9 percent.

The main language in the district of Krishnagiri is like all over Tamil Nadu, the Tamil . There are also larger minorities of speakers of the languages ​​of the two neighboring states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Telugu and Kannada . According to the 2001 census, 57.0 percent of the population in what is now the Krishnagiri District speak Tamil as their mother tongue. 22.5 percent speak Telugu and 13.7 percent Kannada. In addition, Urdu is common among part of the Muslim population (5.4 percent).

According to the 2011 census, 14.2 percent of the district's residents are scheduled castes and 1.2 percent are scheduled tribes . The latter include the Malayali and the Irular .

Cities

There are 660 villages and the following nine cities in Krishnagiri District:

city Population
(2011)
Bargur 16,366
Denkanikottai 24.25
Hosur 116,821
Mathigiri 23,129
Kaveripattinam 15.006
Kelamangalam 13,321
Krishnagiri 71.3232
Nagojanahalli 9,953
Uthangarai 18,470

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Abstract - Tamil Nadu. (PDF; 873 kB)
  2. ↑ Climate data from climate-data.org .
  3. ^ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Data Highlights - Tamil Nadu. Chapter - I Population, Size and Decadal Change.
  4. ^ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Data Highlights - Tamil Nadu. Chapter - III Literates and Literacy Rate.
  5. ^ Census of India 2011: C-1 Population By Religious Community. Tamil Nadu.
  6. ↑ Extrapolation for the taluks of today's Krishnagiri district according to Census of India 2001: C-15: Population by Mother Tongue (Tamil Nadu), retrieved from Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 2001 .
  7. ^ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Data Highlights - Tamil Nadu. Chapter - II Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Population.
  8. ↑ Query under Census of India 2011: Villages / Towns Directory - 2011.
  9. ↑ Query under Census of India 2011: Search PCA Data by District / SubDistrict / Town / Village Name .