Chamarajanagar district
Chamarajanagar District | |
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PIN | 571 313 |
Telephone code | 08226 |
ISO 3166 code | IN-KA |
Vehicle registration |
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Website | chamrajnagar |
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Chamarajanagar or Chamarajanagara is the southernmost district in the state of
It is the third least populous district in Karnataka (out of
History
Chamarajanagar was earlier known as Sri Arikottara.[citation needed] Chamaraja Wodeyar, the Wodeyar of Mysuru was born here and hence this place was renamed after him. The Vijaya Parsvanath Basadi, a holy Jain shrine was constructed by Punisadandanayaka, the commander of the Hoysala king Gangaraja in the year 1117 AD.
Geography
Being the southernmost district of
Most of the district lies in the leeward region of the
Economy
The Karnataka state government has started a Rs.400 crore project on 1`,595 acres of land called Badanaguppe-Kellamballi Industrial Estate which will include sectors like automobile, food processing, textiles, leather, granite and agriculture related industries.
Many industries have set up base in the Badanaguppe-Kellamballi KIADB industrial estate. Notable ones are the KCM Appliances, Aditya Birla-Grasim Paint Plant, Kaynes Technology, Colortone Textiles among others.
Roads
Three national highways of India pass through Chamarajanagara district namely NH-766, NH-181, and NH-948. Some state highways of Karnataka pass through this district.
National Highway 948 ( previously NH 209), which starts from Bengaluru in Karnataka state and ends at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, passes through the following places namely
National Highway 181 connects
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1901 | 334,676 | — |
1911 | 344,414 | +0.29% |
1921 | 328,501 | −0.47% |
1931 | 352,485 | +0.71% |
1941 | 390,337 | +1.03% |
1951 | 449,448 | +1.42% |
1961 | 533,759 | +1.73% |
1971 | 616,502 | +1.45% |
1981 | 768,198 | +2.22% |
1991 | 883,365 | +1.41% |
2001 | 965,462 | +0.89% |
2011 | 1,020,791 | +0.56% |
source:[3] |
According to the
The district has a high percentage of Scheduled Castes, with a population of 259,000, making up a quarter of the district's population. Having a large percentage of forest cover the district also has a high population of tribals, mostly the
At the time of the 2011 census, 86.10% of the population spoke Kannada, 4.58% Tamil, 4.42% Urdu and 3.29% Telugu as their first language.[10]
Crime
Since much of the southern area of the district is dense forest, it provided good refuge to the notorious bandit Veerappan, responsible for the death of over a hundred policemen in both states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. He was shot dead in an encounter with the specially formed Special Task Force (STF) on 18 October 2004, in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu. He had been on the run for over two decades. The presence of illegal quarrying for black stone imposes a great threat to the forests in the region.
Tourist attractions
The main tourist attractions are Sri Chamarajeshwara temple in
in Gundlupet.Villages
Notable people
- Samsa - first historical playwright in Modern Kannada
- B. Rachaiah - politician
- B. S. Madhava Rao - mathematical physicist
- Nanjaiah Honganuru - noted folklorist and writer
- Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy - poet
- R. Dhruvanarayana - politician
- C. Puttarangashetty - politician
- S. Mahendar - filmmaker
- Avinash - actor
- S.M. Siddaiah - lawyer and politician
- Srinivasa Prasad - politician
- veerappan - indian bandit and smuggler
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c d e f "District Census Handbook: Chamarajanagar" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
- ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Karnataka". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
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- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
Montana 989,415
- ^ "Demography | Chamarajanagar District, Government of Karnataka | India".
- ^ "Chamarajanagar District Population Religion - Karnataka, Chamarajanagar Literacy, Sex Ratio - Census India". www.censusindia.co.in. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ "Lok Sabha Election 2019, Karnataka profile: Congress-JDS, BJP set for epic clash; Belgaum, Bangalore North, Shimoga key seats". Firstpost. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Karnataka". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ "12°11'59.8"N 77°08'55.1"E".
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