Hassan district
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Hassan district | |
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PIN | 573*** |
Telephone code | 08172 |
Vehicle registration | KA-13, KA-46 |
Website | www |
Hassan is one of the
. It was carved out from Mysore district in the year 1866, during the Commissioner's Rule of Mysore (1831-81).Hassan District contains 8 taluks with their respective headquarters in Hassan, Arsikere, Channarayapatna, Belur, Holenarasipura, Sakleshpur, Alur and Arkalgud.
Governance
Current Member of Parliament from Hassan is Prajwal Revanna who is also one of the youngest Lok Sabha members and is grandson of former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda. The Current Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly is Swaroop Prakash.
History
Hassan district was the seat of the
The district is named Hassan after the Hindu Goddess "
Modern
During the 14th century, invasions by the
Hassan District and its current boundaries date to the 1860s, when the Mysore Kingdom was organized into 8 districts, and the districts further divided into
Reserve forests were established in the 19th century, and covered an area of 185 square miles in the district. The forests, with their area in square miles, were: Kempuhole Ghat (16), Kaganeri Ghati (2), Kabbinale Ghat (23), Bisale Ghat (23), Vijayapur (5), Hirikalgudda (92), Doddabetta (3), Burdalbore (3), Hagare (3), Byaba (2), Sige-gudda (8), Baisur (1), Mallappan-betta (1), and Vantigudda (1). The state established five sandalwood forests, totaling three square miles: Kemmanbore (232 acres), Gubbi (428 acres), Gadagere (554 acres), Gubbi (1000 acres), and Nakalgud (185 acres).[5]
After India's independence in 1947, Mysore Kingdom became Mysore State, which was renamed Karnataka state in 1973.
List of famous temples in Hassan
- Chennakesava Temple, Belur
- Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu
- Gommateshwara Statue, Shravanabelagola
- Hasanamba Temple, Hassan
- Nageshvara-Chennakeshava Temple, Mosale
- Ishvara Temple, Arsikere
Geography
Lying between 12° 13´ and 13° 33´ North latitudes and 75° 33´ and 76°38´ East longitude, Hassan district has a total area of 6826.15 km2.
The geography is mixed with the
The district is surrounded by
Hassan and Belur stand around 950 metres (3,120 ft) and 970 metres (3,180 ft) above sea level, respectively.
Most of the district lies in the watershed of the
Western portions of the district are drained by the headwaters of the Netravati River, which flows northwestward to empty into the Arabian Sea. Portions of Arsikere taluk in the northeast are drained by the Hagari River, a tributary of the Tungabhadra River. The basins of the Kaveri and Tungabhadra are separated by a range of low granitic hills extending through Belur, Hassan, and Arsikere taluks.
The Bisle Ghat, or Bisale Ghat, is a portion of the Western Ghats range in the western part of the district. Main peaks include
Rainfall
Hassan district is located on the leeward side of
Administrative divisions
Hassan District is administratively divided into eight
Villages
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1901 | 568,919 | — |
1911 | 578,097 | +0.16% |
1921 | 581,750 | +0.06% |
1931 | 596,937 | +0.26% |
1941 | 627,718 | +0.50% |
1951 | 715,135 | +1.31% |
1961 | 895,847 | +2.28% |
1971 | 1,102,370 | +2.10% |
1981 | 1,357,014 | +2.10% |
1991 | 1,569,684 | +1.47% |
2001 | 1,721,669 | +0.93% |
2011 | 1,776,421 | +0.31% |
source:[12] |
According to the
At the time of the 2011 census, 87.04% of the population spoke Kannada, 6.16% Urdu, 1.96% Telugu, 1.22% Tulu and 0.91% Tamil as their first language.[17]
Transport
Air
There is no operational airport in the city. The nearest airport is
Road
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation operates buses connecting Hassan district with other parts of Karnataka as well as neighbouring states. Two divisions of KSRTC, Hassan and Chikmagalur, maintain a total of 9 bus depots (6 by Hassan division, rest 3 by Chikkamagaluru division) in the district, with two being in Hassan city. Major National Highways that pass through the district are NH-75 (Bengaluru - Mangaluru), NH-73 (Mangaluru - Tumakuru), (and its subsidiary NH-373 Bilikere - Belur) and NH-69 (Honnavara - Chittor).
Rail
Hassan comes under the South Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Hassan Junction railway station connects it to the rest of the country through the Indian Railways
Map gallery
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Positioning of Hassan district in Karnataka
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Positioning of Hassan district in Karnataka (Including Taluks)
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Hobli Map of Hassan district
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Hobli Map with Regions shading
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District Tourism Map
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Road Network of Hassan district
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Taluks of Hassan district
Education
- Government Engineering College, Hassan
- Rajeev Institute of Technology
- Kendriya Vidyalaya
- Malnad College of Engineering
- St. Joseph's College, Hassan
- Podar International School, Hassan
Notable people
- H. D. Deve Gowda, 11th Prime Minister of India
- Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar, Renowned Kannada writer
- S. L. Bhyrappa, writer
- Indian-Americanwriter
- H. C. Srikantaiah, Former Minister and Member of Parliament
- Javagal Srinath, cricketer
- T. N. Balakrishna, Indian actor
- Dheerendra Gopal, film actor
- Doddanna, film actor
- Yash, Kannada film actor
- Jai Jagadish, Indian actor
- Sharan, film actor
- Chitra Shenoy, Indian actress
- Nikhil Kumar, Indian actor and politician
- Prajwal Revanna, Indian politician
- David Johnson, Ranji player
- Dhananjay, film actor
- M. G. Srinivas, actor and director
- G. R. Gopinath, founder of Air Deccan
- H. D. Revanna, politician
- H. D. Kumaraswamy, Former Chief Minister, Karnataka
- H. S. Prakash, Indian politician
- Narayana Gowda, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike state president
- Chandan Shetty, Kannada rapper
- Nanditha, Indiansinger
- Hoysalaking
- Hoysalaking
- Hoysalaking
- Chavundaraya, Indian military commander and architect
- Singarasa, Chieftain
- Harihara, Kannada poet and writer
- Milana Nagaraj, Kannada film actress
- Vasishta N. Simha, film actor
- Prathap Simha, politician
- C. N. Manjunath, Cardiologist and the Director of the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research
- Achyuth Kumar, Indian film actor
- A. S. Kiran Kumar, Indian space scientist and former chairman of the ISRO
- Chetan Baboor, Indian table tennis player
- Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj,IAS and Para-Badminton player
- Shashank Subramanyam, Indian musician
- J. Anoop Seelin, Indian music composer and playback singer
- Arathi, Indian actress
- K. S. Ashwath, Indian actor
- Gudibande Poornima, poet & novelist
- S. K. Ramachandra Rao, Indian author
- R. Shamasastry, Sanskrit scholar
- Satchidanandendra Saraswati, monk-scholar
- yoga guru
- Rudrapatnam Brothers, Indian carnatic musicians
- R. K. Padmanabha, Indian Carnatic music vocalist
- R. K. Srikantan, vocalist
- Rathnamala Prakash, Indian singer
- Prithviraj, Kannada actor
- Vijaya Dabbe, Indian writer, feminist, scholar
- Girisha Nagarajegowda, Paralympic athlete
- H. K. Narayana, Singer and music composer
- Nisha Ravikrishnan, Television actress
See also
- Haanagal
- Manjarabad Fort, a star fort from 1792
- Shravanabelagola
- Sakleshpur
- Mangalore
- Belur
- Halebidu
Notes
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 51.
- ^ a b Meyer, Sir William Stevenson. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1908-1931. v. 13, p. 64.
- ^ Meyer, Sir William Stevenson, et al. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1908-1931. v. 18, p. 228.
- ^ Meyer, Sir William Stevenson. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1908-1931. v. 13, pp 64-65.
- ^ Rice, B. Lewis. Mysore: A Gazetter Compiled by the Government. Revised Edition 1897; reprinted 2001 by Asian Educational Services, New Delhi. p. 327
- ^ 10 lesser known sites in India that you should add to your bucket list India Today
- ^ Sugunan, V. V. (1995). Reservoir Fisheries of India Issue 345 of FAO fisheries technical paper, Food and Agriculture Organization. ISSN 0429-9345. p. 155
- ^ "Annual State Report 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Official Website of Hassan District". Hassan District Administration.
- ^ "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Block Panchayats of Hassan, Karnataka". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. 2011. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Census Data Handbook Hassan 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
- ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Karnataka". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "District Census Handbook: Hassan" (PDF). 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 23 August 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
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- ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Karnataka". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ "Govt to draw Hassan airport blueprint afresh". Deccan Herald. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ ANI (12 May 2015). "GoI grants approval for setting up of 15 Greenfield airports 'in principle'". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
References
- Kamath, Suryanath U. (2001). A Concise History of Karnataka from pre-historic times to the present, Jupiter books, MCC, Bangalore (reprinted 2002), OCLC 7796041
External links
- Official website
- "Activities of Hassan District NRDMS Centre" (PDF). 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2013.