Mysore district
The district Mysore ( Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ) is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka. Administrative center is the namensgemende Mysore ( Mysore ), the second largest city of Karnataka.
Geography
The district is located in southern Karnataka Mysore in the southern part of the Deccan Plateau. Neighboring districts are in the west of Kodagu, Hassan in the north, in the northeast of Mandya, Chamarajanagar in the southeast and Wayanad in the southwest. The latter already belongs to the neighboring federal state of Kerala.
The district has an area of 6,853 square kilometers and forms a gently undulating plateau with an average altitude of 700 to 900 meters above sea level. Partial project foothills of the Western Ghats, which reach heights of up to 1200 meters, into the district Mysore. About a third of the district area is forested. For Mysore district also includes a part of the Nagarhole National Park, which forms a refuge for wild animals such as tigers, leopards and elephants. Due to the northern part of the district of the river Cauvery, one of the main streams flowing south India. Located just outside the district Mandya, the Kaveri is dammed to Krishnarajasagara reservoir.
The district Mysore is divided into seven taluks Heggadadevanakote, Hunsur, Krishnarajanagar, Mysore, Nanjangud, Piriyapatna and Tirumakudal - Narsipur.
History
During the British colonial period, the district was part of the princely state of Mysore. 1939, the district Mandya was dissolved as a separate district from the district of Mysore. After Indian independence the princely state of Mysore in 1949 completed the connection to the Indian Union. The reorganization of the Indian states of Mysore district in 1956 to a portion of the jobs created by the language barriers of the Kannada State of Mysore (1973 renamed Karnataka ). 1997 split the southern part of the district of Mysore from the district Chamarajanagar.
Population
According to the Indian census of 2011, Mysore district has 2,994,744 inhabitants. This makes it to Bangalore Belgaum Urban and the third largest district of Karnataka. Between 2001 and 2011 the population grew by 13.4 percent, only slightly slower than in the middle of the state ( 15.7 percent). The population density is 437 inhabitants per square kilometer than the average for Karnataka (319 inhabitants per square kilometer). 41.4 percent of the residents of District Mysore live in cities. The degree of urbanization is therefore higher than the mean of the state ( 38.6 percent). The literacy rate is 72.6 percent below the average of Karnataka ( 76.1 per cent).
The population of the district according to the 2001 census, Hindus represent 87.4 percent, a large majority. To profess Islam 8.9 percent of the population. A smaller minority Buddhists represent 1.4 percent dar. These are mostly the descendants of Tibetan refugees who were settled in the 1950s and 1960s by the Indian government in Bylakuppe and other places in the district of Mysore. The 2001 census classified 10.3 percent of the district population as members of the tribal population (see Adivasi ). This is mostly to members of the Naikda and some Jenu Kuruba.
Attractions
The main attraction of the district is the city of Mysore. Thanks to splendid buildings like the 1912 completed City Palace ( Amba Vilas ) The former Maharaja's residence attracts numerous tourists. At the edge of Mysore rises the 1,062 meters high mountain Chamundi Hill, on whose summit is a popular pilgrimage destination with the Chamundeshwari Temple. On the rule of the Hoysala the 13th- century Keshava temple in Somnathpur recalls some 30 kilometers east of Mysore. In addition to the temples of Halebid and Belur, adorned with intricate reliefs temple of Somnathpur is considered one of the greatest examples of Hoysala architecture.