Mandya district
The district Mandya ( Kannada: ಮಂಡ್ಯ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ) is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka. Administrative center is the eponymous town of Mandya.
Geography
The district Mandya is located in southern Karnataka in the southern part of the Deccan Plateau. Neighboring districts are in the southwest of Mysore, Hassan to the northwest, Tumkur in the north, Ramanagara to the east and Chamarajanagar in the south.
The area of the district of Mandya is 4,955 square kilometers. The district area forms a plateau with an average altitude of 700 to 900 meters above sea level. Thus, the temperatures are moderate. With an annual rainfall of about 700 millimeters, the climate is dry, the waters of the Kaveri River, which flows through the south of the district, but allow to irrigate half of the district area artificially. It can therefore be operated in the district of Mandya productive agriculture. Main crops are rice and sugarcane. Located just outside the District Mysore, the Cauvery is dammed to Krishnarajasagara reservoir. Located on the border of Chamarajanagar district in the Kaveri River, the Shivanasamudra Falls.
The district Mandya is divided into seven taluks Mandya, Malavalli, Maddur, Pandavapura, Krishnarajpet, Srirangapatna and Nagamangala.
History
During the British colonial period, the area now Mandya district to the princely state of Mysore was one. Originally Mandya was a part of the district of Mysore, Mandya district before the 1939 split off as a separate district. After Indian independence Mysore took place in 1949 following the Indian Union. The reorganization of the Indian states of Mandya district in 1956 to a part of the state formed by the boundaries of language Kannada Mysore (1973 renamed Karnataka ).
Population
According to the Indian census of 2011, the district Mandya has 1,808,680 inhabitants. The population growth is low: Between 2001 and 2011 the population grew only by 2.6 percent, significantly lower than in the central Karnataka ( 15.7 per cent). The population density is higher with 365 inhabitants per square kilometer, the average of the state (319 inhabitants per square kilometer). Here, the district is defined clearly rural: only 17.1 percent of the population lives in cities. The degree of urbanization is among the lowest of Karnataka and is well below the average of 38.6 percent. The literacy rate is 70.4 percent lower than the average for the state ( 76.1 percent).
The population of the district make Hindus according to the 2001 census 94.6 percent, a large majority. For Islam, a small minority committed by 4.0 percent.
According to the 1991 census, speaking of the inhabitants of the district of Mandya, a large majority of 91.0 percent Kannada as their mother tongue. There are also minority of speakers of Urdu ( 3.9 percent ), Tamil ( 2.2 per cent), Telugu ( 1.7 per cent) and other languages ( 1.2 percent).
Attractions
The main attraction of the district of Mandya is situated on a river island in the Kaveri Srirangapatna ( Srirangapatna ). The small town was from 1610 to 1799 the capital of the Kingdom of Mysore. This is followed today still remember the fortress, the 1784 built by Tipu Sultan Summer Palace ( Daria Daulat Bagh ) and the built in the same year Gumbaz mausoleum with the tombs of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan. Furthermore, Srirangapatna is home to the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple is an important Hindu pilgrimage site. The temple dates back to the 9th century and is one of three temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu islands in the Cauvery River.
Also in Mandya district lie the Brindavan Gardens at Krishnarajasagara Dam. The 60 -acre garden was completed in 1927-1932 for the Maharaja of Mysore. All these sites can be accessed, so few tourists stay in Mandya district from near Mysore from.