Chikkamagaluru district
The district Chikmagalur ( Kannada: ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ, also: Chikkamagaluru ) is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka. Administrative center is the eponymous town of Chikmagalur.
Geography
The district is located in the Chikmagalur landlocked country in the southern part of Karnataka. Neighboring districts are Shimoga and Davanagere in the north, Chitradurga in the northeast, in the southeast of Hassan, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in the south to the west.
The area of the district of Chikmagalur is 7,201 square kilometers. Here, the district has its part in two scenic metropolitan areas: a smaller part in the east part of the region Maidan, the belonging to Karnataka part of the highlands of the Deccan, and presents itself as a gently undulating plateau dar. The rest of the district belongs to the mountain region of Malnad and is occupied by the Western Ghats, which determine the Deccan Plateau to the west coast. North of the city Chikmagalur projects into an offshoot of the Western Ghats in the Deccan Plateau with the Baba Budan - Mountains. Here is the Mullayanagiri (1930 meters) the highest peak in Karnataka. Mountains arise numerous rivers, including the Tunga and the Bhadra, the two sources of the Tungabhadra.
The district Chikmagalur is divided into seven taluks Chikmagalur, Kadur, Tarikere, Mudigere, Koppa, Sringeri and Narasimharajapura.
History
During the British colonial era, today's Chikmagalur district was after the city known as Kadur district Kadur and belonged to the princely state of Mysore. After Indian independence, the district came in 1956 as part of the States Reorganization Act to the limits of the Kannada language in accordance with the newly created Mysore State renamed ( since 1973 Karnataka ) and was achieved in " Chikmagalur district ."
Population
According to the Indian census of 2011, the District Chikmagalur has 1,137,753 inhabitants. Striking is the stagnant population growth: Compared to the last 2001 census, the population shrank by 0.3 percent, while the population of the state of Karnataka grew by 17.5 percent during the same period. The district Chikmagalur is clearly influenced rural: only 21.1 percent of the population lives in cities. The degree of urbanization is significantly lower than the mean value of the state ( 38.6 percent). The population density is one with 158 inhabitants per square kilometer, the lowest of Karnataka and is well below the average of the state (319 inhabitants per square kilometer). The literacy rate is 79.2 percent higher than the average of Karnataka ( 76.1 per cent).
The population of the district according to the 2001 census, Hindus represent 88.1 percent majority. To profess Islam 8.3 percent of the population. There is also a small Christian minority of 2.4 percent.
Economy
The district Chikmagalur is a center of coffee production in India. According to legend, the saint Baba Budan Sufi is said to have introduced the cultivation of coffee in India in the 17th century, have brought the first coffee beans from the Hajj and planted in his hermitage in the Baba Budan named after him Mountains. During colonial times, large coffee plantations were established in the mountains of Chikmagalur district. Today, coffee is grown in the district to nearly 70,000 acres.