Kolar district
The Kolar district ( Kannada: ಕೋಲರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ) is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka. Administrative center is the eponymous city of Kolar.
Geography
The Kolar district of Karnataka is located in the southeast of the border with the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Neighboring districts are Bangalore Rural in the west Chikballapur in the Northwest ( both belong to Karnataka ), Chittoor ( Andhra Pradesh ) in the east and Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu ) in the south.
The Kolar district has an area of 4,011 square kilometers. The landscape consists of a plateau in the southern part of the Deccan plateau, which is drained by the river Palar. The Kolar district is divided into five taluks Kolar, Bangarapet, Malur, Mulbagal and Srinivaspur.
History
During the British colonial era of the Kolar district was part of the princely state of Mysore. After Indian independence Mysore took place in 1949 following the Indian Union. As the Indian states were reorganized in 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by the language barrier, the Kolar district came despite its predominantly Telugu -speaking population due to its proximity to Bangalore to Mysore kannadasprachigen State, which was renamed in 1973 in Karnataka. 2007, divided the northern part of the district of Kolar district from as Chikballapur.
During the colonial period, the British began in the late 19th century to exploit the rich gold deposits in the Kolar Gold Fields. The mines procured around economic recovery and a strong population increase. At times, a majority of Indian gold in Kolar district was encouraged. 2003, the gold mining but was eventually discontinued because the deposits were largely exhausted and the promotion was no longer profitable.
Population
According to the 2011 census, the Kolar district has 1,540,231 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011 the population grew by 11.0 percent, slightly lower than the average of Karnataka ( 15.7 per cent). The population density is 384 inhabitants per square kilometer above the average of the state (319 inhabitants per square kilometer). 31.4 percent of the population live in cities Kolar. The degree of urbanization is slightly lower than the average of Karnataka ( 38.6 per cent). The literacy rate is 74.3 percent slightly below the average for the state ( 76.1 percent).
The population of the district of Kolar in his former boundaries (including the present-day district Chikballapur ) set by the 2001 census, Hindus 86.6 percent, the vast majority. For Islam is known 11.8 percent of the population, Christians represented 1.3 percent, a small minority dar. The Indian census classified 8.1 percent of the population of the district as members of the tribal population (see Adivasi ). These are almost exclusively members of the Naikda.
The most widely spoken language in the Kolar district as in the neighboring federal state of Andhra Pradesh, the Telugu, which is spoken by the 1991 census, 46.8 percent of the residents of the district in its former boundaries as their mother tongue. Kannada, the main language of Karnataka, follows with 32.2 percent in second place. Among Muslims, as in most parts of Karnataka Urdu widespread ( 11.3 percent). Furthermore, there is a larger minority of speakers of Tamil ( 7.9 per cent ), mostly are descendants of migrants from Tamil Nadu who immigrated in the Kolar Gold Fields. The Urdu has Taluk in Kolar district of Kolar due to the high proportion of the population of its speakers the status of a coordinate official language.
Cities
The list also includes those cities with one belonging to the district of Chikballapur since 2007: