Mysore district, officially Mysuru district is an administrative district located in the southern part of the state of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO 15919, ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reor ...

, India. It is the administrative headquarters of

Mysore division Mysore division, officially Mysuru division, is an administrative division in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is one of four administrative divisions in Karnataka, the others being Bangalore division, Belgaum division, and Gulbarg ...

Chamarajanagar District Chamarajanagar or Chamarajanagara is the southernmost district in the state of Karnataka, India. It was carved out of the original larger Mysore District in 1998. Chamarajanagar town is the headquarters of this district. It is the third leas ...

was carved out of the original larger Mysore District in the year 1998. The district is bounded by Chamrajanagar district to the southeast,

Mandya district Mandya District is an administrative district of Karnataka, India. The district is bordered on the south by Mysore and Chamarajangar districts, on the west by Hassan District, on the north by Tumkur District and on the east by Ramanagara ...

to the east and northeast,

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Ca ...

state to the south,

Kodagu Kodagu (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State, at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State. It occupies ...

district to the west, and

Hassan district Hassan is one of the 31 districts of Karnataka, India. The district headquarter is Hassan. 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 t ...

to the north. This district has a prominent place in the history of

;

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude o ...

was ruled by the

Wodeyar The Wadiyar dynasty (formerly spelt Wodeyer or Odeyer, also referred to as the Wadiyars of Mysore), is a late-medieval/ early-modern South Indian Hindu royal family of former kings of Mysore from the Urs clan originally based in Mysore city. ...

s from the year 1399 till the independence of India in the year 1947. It features many tourist destinations, from

Mysore Palace The Mysore Palace, also known as Amba Vilas Palace, is a historical palace and a royal residence (house). It is located in Mysore, Karnataka. It used to be the official residence of the Wadiyar dynasty and the seat of the Kingdom of Mysore. Th ...

Nagarhole National Park Nagarahole National Park is a national park located in Kodagu district and Mysore district in Karnataka, India. This park was declared the 37th Tiger Reserve of India in 1999. It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. The Western Ghats ...

. It is the third-most populous district in Karnataka (out of 31), after

Bangalore Urban Bangalore Urban district is the most densely populated district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is surrounded by the Bangalore Rural district on the east and north, the Ramanagara district on the west and the Krishnagiri district of Tami ...

Etymology

Mysore district gets its name from the city of

which is also the headquarters of the district. The original name of this city was Mahishapura derived from a demon named

Mahishasura Mahishasura is a bovine asura in Hinduism. He is depicted in literature to be a deceitful demon who pursued his evil ways by shape-shifting. Mahishasura was the son of Mahisi (Buffalo) and the great-grandson of Brahmarshi Kashyapa. He was ultima ...

. A statue of

, after whom the city is named, and a temple dedicated to Goddess Chamundeshwari on the top of

Chamundi Hill The Chamundi Hills are located 13 km east of Mysore, Karnataka, India. The name comes from the Chamundeshwari Temple at the peak. The average elevation is . Attractions The Chamundeshwari Temple is located atop the Chamundi Hills. Patro ...

near

city, relate to the legend of its origin.

History

The earliest known reference of rulers in Mysore district are the Gangas who during the rule of King Avinitha (469-529 CE), moved the capital from

Kolar Kolar or Kolara is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Kolar district. The city is known for its milk production and gold mines. It is also known for Someshwara temple and Kolaramma temple. History The Wes ...

Talakadu Talakadu (ತಲಕಾಡು) is a town on the left bank of the Kaveri river 45 km (28 miles) from Mysore and 133 km (82 miles) from Bangalore in Karnataka, India. Latinizations of the towns name vary, but include Talkād, Talakadu, Ta ...

on the banks of the river

Kaveri The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicized name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri river rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu d ...

in the Tirumakudalu Narasipura taluk.Kamath (2001), p 40 Talakadu remained their regal capital till the end of Ganga rule in the early 11th century. Gangas ruled over a greater part of Mysore district, then known by the name of ''Gangavadi''. In the end of the 8th century, the Rashtrakuta king

Dhruva Dharavarsha Dhruva (ruled 780–793 CE) was one of the most notable rulers of the Rashtrakuta Empire. He ascended the throne after replacing his elder brother Govinda II. Govinda II had become unpopular among his subjects on account of his various miscondu ...

defeated the Ganga king

Shivamara II Shivamara II was the son of Sripurusha and ruled the Western Ganga Dynasty from 788 – 816 C.E. He was also a noted scholar in Kannada, Sanskrit and Prakrit. He succeeded to the Ganga throne during a time when the Rashtrakuta were the empir ...

and wrested Gangavadi from him. Gangavadi came under the governorship of

Kambarasa Kambarasa also known as ''Stambha'', was a member and prince of the Rashtrakuta dynasty. He was the eldest and first son of Dhruva Dharavarsha his illustrious father, and was given the governorship of the region of Gangavadi. He had always lon ...

, the son of

. Gangas who were overthrown from Gangavadi, had to wait till their king Nitimarga Ereganga (853–869 CE) won a victory against the Rashtrakutas at Rajaramudu. Seeing the increasing might of the Gangas, the Rashtrakuta King

Amoghavarsha I Amoghavarsha I (also known as Amoghavarsha Nrupathunga I) (r.814–878 CE) was the greatest emperor of the Rashtrakuta dynasty, and one of the most notable rulers of Ancient India. His reign of 64 years is one of the longest precisely dated mo ...

gave his daughter Revakanimmadi in marriage to the son of Ereganga,

Butuga II Butuga II (938–961 CE) became the ruler of the Western Ganga Dynasty after his elder brother Rachamalla III. Relations with Rashtrakutas In order to ascend the throne he had to first seek help from the Rashtrakutas who were hitherto their a ...

who became the ruler of Gangavadi. Gangas ruled over Gangavadi till the Ganga king, Rakkasa Ganga (985–1024 CE) was defeated by the

Chola The Chola dynasty was a Tamil thalassocratic empire of southern India and one of the longest-ruling dynasties in the history of the world. The earliest datable references to the Chola are from inscriptions dated to the 3rd century BCE d ...

s.The History of the Gangas is discussed by In the year 1117,

Vishnuvardhana Vishnuvardhana (r. 1108–1152 CE) was a king of the Hoysala Empire in what is today the modern state of Karnataka, India. He ascended the Hoysala throne after the death of his elder brother Veera Ballala I in c.1108. Originally a followe ...

, the great king of

Hoysala The Hoysala Empire was a Kannadiga power originating from the Indian subcontinent that ruled most of what is now Karnataka between the 10th and the 14th centuries. The capital of the Hoysalas was initially located at Belur, but was later moved ...

dynasty seized Gangavathi and its capital

Talakad Talakadu (ತಲಕಾಡು) is a town on the left bank of the Kaveri river 45 km (28 miles) from Mysore and 133 km (82 miles) from Bangalore in Karnataka, India. Latinizations of the towns name vary, but include Talkād, Talakadu, T ...

from the Cholas. To commemorate this achievement,

built the Keerthinarayana temple at

.The history of Talakad has been presented by Gangavadi was ruled by the

s till the death of their last ruler, Veera Ballala III after which Gangavadi became a part of the

Vijayanagar Empire The Vijayanagara Empire, also called the Karnata Kingdom, was a Hindu empire based in the region of South India, which consisted the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and some parts of Telangana and ...

. In 1399, Yaduraya established the Wodeyar dynasty at

.A history of Mysore kings is presented by It remained as a feudatory to the

owing allegiance to the Vijayanagar kings and the Vijayanagar representative at

Srirangapatna Srirangapatna is a town and headquarters of one of the seven Taluks of Mandya district, in the Indian State of Karnataka. It gets its name from the Ranganthaswamy temple consecrated at around 984 CE. Later, under the British rule the city ...

, till the fall of the

in 1565 CE. In the vacuum that was created, Raja Wodeyar I (1578–1617) established control and became the first major ruler of the Wodeyar family. He defeated the Vijayanagar representative in a battle at Kesare near Mysore, shifted his capital from Mysore to

in 1610 AD.A history of the Wodeyar kings of Mysore is presented by The Wodeyars continued to rule over Mysore till the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar II (1734–1766), when

Hyder Ali Hyder Ali ( حیدر علی, ''Haidarālī''; 1720 – 7 December 1782) was the Sultan and ''de facto'' ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. Born as Hyder Ali, he distinguished himself as a soldier, eventually drawing the att ...

Khan and his son

Tipu Sultan Tipu Sultan (born Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799), also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery.Dalrymple, p. 243 He i ...

became the virtual rulers of Mysore. Though there were Wodeyar kings during the rule of

and

, they were mere figureheads. With the death of

in 1799 under the hands of the

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, the Wodeyars were reinstated to the throne of

and the capital was shifted back to

. Prince Krishnaraja Wodeyar III who was just 5 years old was installed on the throne of Mysore in 1799. Wodeyars were the subsidiaries of the

British Empire The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts e ...

and had to pay annual subsidies. During the rule of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III, the British took the kingdom back from Wodeyars in 1831 under the pretext that the Wodeyar king did not pay the annual subsidy.A brief description of the British Raj's rule at Mysore is described by Commissioners were appointed to rule over the Mysore kingdom. Mark Cubbon (Cubbon Road and Cubbon Park in

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

city are named after him) and L. B. Bowring (Bowring Hospital in Bangalore city is named after him) were the prominent British Commissioners who ruled over Mysore. However, the Wodeyar kings raised a plea against this with the British Parliament who gave a ruling favour of the Wodeyars. In 1881,

Chamaraja Wodeyar IX Chamaraja Wodeyar IX (28 February 1774 – 17 April 1796) was the twenty-first maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1776 for two decades until 1796. Life Chamaraja Wodeyar IX was a son of Chikka Devaraj Urs of Arikuthara of the Karugahalli ...

(son of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III and Wodeyar king since 1868) was given back the reins of the Mysore kingdom from the British. The Wodeyars continued to rule over the Mysore Kingdom, till the rule of

Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (18 July 1919 – 23 September 1974) was the 25th Maharaja of Mysore from 1940 to 1950, who later served as the governor of Mysore and Madras states. Early life Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar was born on 18 July 1919 at ...

who, in the year 1947, merged his kingdom into the new dominion of independent India. He remained as a Maharaja till India became a republic in the year 1950 after which he was anointed as a Raja Pramukh (a constitutional position) as the head of Mysore state till 1956. In 1956, after the reorganisation of Indian states, the

state was born and

was made as the governor of this state – the position he held until 1964. Kalamandira, Mysore

Geography

Mysore district is located between latitude 11°45' to 12°40' N and longitude 75°57' to 77°15' E. It is bounded by

to the northeast, Chamrajanagar district to the southeast,

state to the south,

district to the west, and

to the north. It has an area of 6,854 km² (ranked 12th in the state). The administrative center of Mysore District is

City. The district is a part of

. Prior to 1998, Mysore district also contained the

Chamarajanagar district Chamarajanagar or Chamarajanagara is the southernmost district in the state of Karnataka, India. It was carved out of the original larger Mysore District in 1998. Chamarajanagar town is the headquarters of this district. It is the third leas ...

before that area was separated off. The district lies on the undulating table land of the southern

Deccan plateau The large Deccan Plateau in southern India is located between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats, and is loosely defined as the peninsular region between these ranges that is south of the Narmada river. To the north, it is bounded by th ...

, within the watershed of the

Kaveri River The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicized name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri river rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu d ...

, which flows through the northwestern and eastern parts of the district. The

Krishna Raja Sagara Krishna Raja Sagara, also popularly known as KRS, is a lake and the dam that creates it. They are close to the settlement of Krishna Raja Sagara in the Indian State of Karnataka. The gravity dam made of ''surki'' mortar is below the confluence o ...

reservoir, which was formed by building a dam across the

, lies on the northern edge of the district.

lies partly in Mysore district and partly in adjacent

District. Mountains are rare in the district, only isolated peaks are present, namely

(1030metres above MSL) and Sidilu Mallikarjuna Hill Temple (1320m above MSL), Bettadapura in Periyapatna Taluk, latter being the highest mountain peak in the Mysore district.

Climate

The temperature in the district varies from 15 °C in winters to 35 °C in summers. Mysore district receives an average rainfall of 785 mm.Average Rainfall in the districts of Karnataka are specified by

Geology

The types of soil found in this district are red soils (red gravelly loam soil, red loam soil, red gravelly clay soil, red clay soil), lateritic soil, deep black soil, saline alluvio-colluvial soil and brown forest soil.Types of soil found in Karnataka are described by Some of the minerals found in this district are

kyanite Kyanite is a typically blue aluminosilicate mineral, found in aluminium-rich metamorphic pegmatites and sedimentary rock. It is the high pressure polymorph of andalusite and sillimanite, and the presence of kyanite in metamorphic rocks gener ...

sillimanite Sillimanite is an aluminosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5. Sillimanite is named after the American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864). It was first described in 1824 for an occurrence in Chester, Connecticut. Occurrence ...

quartz Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica ( silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon-oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical f ...

magnesite Magnesite is a mineral with the chemical formula ( magnesium carbonate). Iron, manganese, cobalt, and nickel may occur as admixtures, but only in small amounts. Occurrence Magnesite occurs as veins in and an alteration product of ultramafic ...

chromite Chromite is a crystalline mineral composed primarily of iron(II) oxide and chromium(III) oxide compounds. It can be represented by the chemical formula of FeCr2O4. It is an oxide mineral belonging to the spinel group. The element magnesium can ...

soapstone Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock. It is composed largely of the magnesium rich mineral talc. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occur in the ...

felsite Felsite is a very fine-grained volcanic rock that may or may not contain larger crystals. Felsite is a field term for a light-colored rock that typically requires petrographic examination or chemical analysis for more precise definition. Color ...

corundum Corundum is a crystalline form of aluminium oxide () typically containing traces of iron, titanium, vanadium and chromium. It is a rock-forming mineral. It is a naturally transparent material, but can have different colors depending on the pr ...

graphite Graphite () is a crystalline form of the element carbon. It consists of stacked layers of graphene. Graphite occurs naturally and is the most stable form of carbon under standard conditions. Synthetic and natural graphite are consumed on la ...

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms w ...

dolomite Dolomite may refer to: *Dolomite (mineral), a carbonate mineral *Dolomite (rock), also known as dolostone, a sedimentary carbonate rock *Dolomite, Alabama, United States, an unincorporated community *Dolomite, California, United States, an unincor ...

, siliconite and

dunite Dunite (), also known as olivinite (not to be confused with the mineral olivenite), is an intrusive igneous rock of ultramafic composition and with phaneritic (coarse-grained) texture. The mineral assemblage is greater than 90% olivine, w ...

List of Mining Leases given out by the State of Karnataka is mentioned by

Economy

Agriculture is the backbone of the economy of this district as it is with the rest of India. Though the agriculture is highly dependent on the rainfall, the rivers

and

Kabini The Kabini River is one of the major tributaries of the river Cauvery in southern India. It originates near Kavilumpara in Kozhikode district of Kerala state by the confluence of the Panamaram River and the Mananthavady River. It flows eastw ...

provide the irrigation needs required for agriculture in this district. According to the 2001 census, about 3,25,823 farmers are involved in cultivation in this district. In the year 2001–2002, Mysore district yielded a foodgrain production of 608,596 Tonnes which is a contribution of 6.94% of the total food grain production in the state for the year.Statistics related to Agriculture are presented by Some of the important crops grown here are cotton, grams,

groundnut Groundnut may refer to: * Seeds that ripen underground, of the following plants, all in the Faboideae subfamily of the legumes: ** ''Best Basketball Player'', Obinna Udunni ** ''Arachis villosulicarpa'', a perennial peanut species ** ''Vigna subt ...

jowar ''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a grass species cultivated for its grain, which is used for food for humans, animal feed, and ethanol produ ...

, maize, ragi, rice,

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, perennial grass (in the genus '' Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalk ...

sunflower The common sunflower (''Helianthus annuus'') is a large annual forb of the genus ''Helianthus'' grown as a crop for its edible oily seeds. Apart from cooking oil production, it is also used as livestock forage (as a meal or a silage plant), ...

and tur.Statistics related to cultivation of various crops in Karnataka are presented by Horticulture is another area contributing significantly to the economy; especially the

palm oil Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 33% of global oils produced fr ...

production in

H D Kote Heggadadevanakote or H.D.Kote is a town and a taluk headquarters in Mysore district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Kakana kote forest lies in Heggadadevana kote taluk. H.D Kote city is divided into 13 wards for which elections are held every ...

Taluk.Palm Oil production in Mysore district is discussed by

Industries

Industries in Mysore district are mainly concentrated around the cities of

and Nanjangud. Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) has established two industrial estates as

and Nanjangud and established six industrial areas in Mysore district to encourage Industrial Development of the district. These are located at Belagola, Belawadi, Hebbal (Electronic City) and Hootagalli of

Industrial estate and the industrial areas Nanjangud and Thandavapura of Nanjangud industrial estate.Industrial Areas developed by KIADB in Mysore district are mentioned in the webpage
KIADB Industrial Areas
The first major industry to be set up in Mysore with the partnership of the Maharaja of Mysore when Mysore was still an industrially backward district in 1960 was the now defunct

Ideal Jawa Ideal Jawa (India) Ltd was an Indian motorcycle company based in Mysore which sold licensed Jawa motorcycles beginning in 1960 under the brand name Jawa and from 1973 as Yezdi. The name Yezdi was established by a phonetic transcription of Czech ...

India Ltd. Motorcycle factory with technical collaboration with Jawa Motors of

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. Some of the major industries located near

city are: * Mysore Polymers & Rubber Products Ltd. (MYPOL) - Manufacturer of Rubber Products * JK Tyres Ltd. - Manufacturer of tyres * Automotive Axles Ltd. - Manufacturer of axles * Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML) - Manufacturer of heavy machinery * Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) - Manufacturer of silk garments * TVS Ltd. - Manufacturer of motor vehicles and parts (Near Nanjangud,

Taluk) *

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(Manufacturer of medical equipments and Electronic meters) Some of the major industries located in Nanjangud are: * Dunford Fabrics (Closed) * VKC Sandals (India) Private Limited * Nestle India Ltd. * Ray Hans Technologies * AT&S India Pvt Ltd. *

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Company * Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd. * South India Paper Mills * Indus Fila * S Kumars Now --> Reid & Taylor * Raman Boards * REI Electronics * Jubilant Life sciences limited * Brakes (India) * Bacardi RUM, Gemini Distilleries Pvt Ltd. * Zenith Textiles * Kottakal Arya Vaidyasala * Supreem Pharmaceuticals Mysore Pvt Ltd., * ITC (Tobacco Processing) * United Breweries (Upcoming)

Information technology

Mysore is proving to be the next IT hub in

after the phenomenal success of Bangalore. The government of India has recognised

as number one among the 20 Tier II cities of India for the promotion of the IT industry.Mysore is the number one among Tier II cities for the promotion of IT industry is discussed by Currently, all of the IT related industries are concentrated around Mysore city. The Software Technology Park (STP) in

was inaugurated in 1998 by the prime minister of India,

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. As of August 2006, there are 42 companies registered with the STP. Software exports from Mysore were expected to double to about Rs. 850 crores in the financial year 2006-07 from previous year's exports of Rs. 400 crores. Some of the major IT companies located here are: *

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Infotech * Aris Global Pvt Ltd * WeP Peripherals Ltd. (earlier known as Wipro ePeripherals Ltd.) *

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* Software Paradigms (India) *

Infomaze

Tourism

N-KA-B159 Srikanteshwara Temple Gopuram Nanjangud

Tourism is another big industry in

. Its importance as a tourist destination was evident when it was selected as the venue for the Karnataka Tourism Expo in 2006.Tourism Expo in Mysore is described by Though

city is well known as a tourist place, other parts the district are yet to see growth in tourism. However, the tourism department plans to develop other areas like Nanjangud, Bettadapura, Hedathali, Kapadi, Mudukuthore Betta, Mugur and Tirumakudalu Narasipura as tourist places.

Administration

Mysore district is divided into three subdivisions, Nanjangud,

and

Hunsur Hunsur is a city in Mysore district in the States and territories of India, Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Hunsur Taluk administrative division. Geography Hunsur is located at . Hunsur is situated on the western sid ...

. The Mysore district administration is headed by the Deputy Commissioner who also has the additional role of a District Magistrate. Assistant Commissioners, Tahsildars, Shirastedars (revenue official at Tahsil level), Revenue inspectors and Village Accountants help the Deputy Commissioner in the administration of the district.

city is the headquarters of the district. It lies on the north eastern part of the district and is well known for its beautiful palaces and also for the festivities that take place during Dasara. Mysore District is subdivided into nine taluks: *

Piriyapatna Periyapatna is a Town located in Peiriyapatna taluka of Mysore district. The town is divided into 23 wards in which elections are held every 5 years. Location Periyapatna is located at . It has an average elevation of 849 metres (2769& ...

* Krishnarajanagara *

Heggadadevanakote Heggadadevanakote or H.D.Kote is a town and a taluk headquarters in Mysore district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Kakana kote forest lies in Heggadadevana kote taluk. H.D Kote city is divided into 13 wards for which elections are held eve ...

* Nanjangud *

Saragur Sargur (also known as Saragur pronounced Saraguru in the Kannada language, as Kannada words end in vowels, which are lost in their Anglicization), is a small town located about 80 km from the town of Chamarajanagar And a Taluk of Mysore ...

* Tirumakudalu Narasipura * Saligrama ** Mysore district has 1 Municipal Corporation, 3 City Municipal Councils, 5 Town Municipal Councils and 6 Town Panchayats. *

Mysore City Corporation Mysore City Corporation (MCC) is the administrative body responsible for civic amenities and infrastructural assets of Mysore city (officially Mysuru) in Karnataka, India.

* Hootagalli CMC * Hunasuru CMC * Nanjangud CMC * K.R Nagar TMC * T.Narsipura TMC * Bannur TMC * H.D Kote TMC * Periyapatna TMC * Bogadhi TP * Rammanahalli TP * Srirampura TP * Kadakola TP * Saragur TP * Saligrama TP Mysore district elects 11 members to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Karnataka. The 11 assembly constituencies are: * Chamaraja, Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja and Chamundeshwari (belonging to

city) *

Varuna Varuna (; sa, वरुण, , Malay: ''Baruna'') is a Vedic deity associated initially with the sky, later also with the seas as well as Ṛta (justice) and Satya (truth). He is found in the oldest layer of Vedic literature of Hinduism, su ...

(belonging to Nanjangud and Tirumakudalu Narasipura) *

* Krishnarajanagara *

* Nanjangud * Tirumakudalu Narasipura

district also elects 1 member to the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-p ...

, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. The Mysore Lok Sabha constituency consists of all the Assembly constituencies mentioned above except for Nanjangud, Tirumakudalu Narasipura, K.R.Nagara and H.D.Kote which belong to the

Chamarajanagar Chamarajanagar or Chamarajanagara is a town in the southern part of Karnataka, India. Named after Chamaraja Wodeyar IX, the erstwhile king of Mysore, previously known as 'Arikottara'. Chamarajanagara is the headquarters of Chamarajanagar dist ...

Lok Sabha constituency.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Mysore district has a

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction usi ...

of 3,001,127, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 125th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.39%. Mysore has a

sex ratio The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species dev ...

of 982

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for every 1000 males, and a

literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

of 72.56%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 17.88% and 11.15% of the population respectively. Some of the more ancient forest tribes are Jenu Kuruba,

Betta Kuruba Kuruba is a Hindu caste native to the Indian state of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They are the third-largest caste group in Karnataka. Traditionally, they were agriculturalists and cattle farmers. The origins of kuruba i ...

Paniya Paniya is one of the Malayalam languages spoken in India. It is spoken by the Paniya people, a scheduled tribe with a majority of its speakers in the state of Kerala. The language is also known as ''Pania'', ''Paniyan'' and ''Panyah''. It belon ...

, Yereva and Soliga.A detailed report on the tribes found in the

Nagarhole Nagarahole National Park is a national park located in Kodagu district and Mysore district in Karnataka, India. This park was declared the 37th Tiger Reserve of India in 1999. It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. The Western Ghats Nilg ...

National Park is presented by

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s constitute 87.70% of the population with Muslims making up 9.68% of the population; the remaining part of the population is made up by Christians,

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and other religious groups. At the time of the 2011 census, 80.81% of the population spoke

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, 9.27%

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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, 2.22%

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, and 1.12%

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as their first language.

List of Deputy Commissioners

Gallery

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References

External links

www.Mysore.ind.in

Official Website of Mysore district

Mysore City PortalMysore Media
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