Channarāyapatna or Channarāyapattana is a town and Taluk headquarters in

Hassan district Hassan is one of the districts of Karnataka, 31 districts of Karnataka, India. The district headquarter is Hassan, Karnataka, Hassan. It was part of ''Manjarabad Faujdari'' between 1832-81 (Mysore Commission, Commissioner's Rule of Mysore). In ...

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. It lies on the Bangalore-Mangalore National Highway-75 in Karnataka, India. Jain pilgrimage

Shravanabelagola Shravanabelagola (pronunciation: ) is a town located near Channarayapatna of Hassan district in the Indian state of Karnataka and is from Bengaluru. The Gommateshwara Bahubali statue at Shravanabelagola is one of the most important tirthas ...

is a famous site in the taluk. Channarayapatna has major railway connection from

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

Mangalore Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the st ...

Karwar Karwar is a coastal City and the administrative headquarters of Uttara Kannada district, formerly part of the Bombay Presidency, located at the mouth of the Kali River (Karnataka), Kali river along the Konkan Coast in the present-day state of Ka ...

, and

Mysore Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...

Geography

Channarayapatna is located at . It has an average elevation of 845 metres (2716 ft). Located within Channarayapatna is Bagur Navile Tunnel, the longest water tunnel in India.

Demographics

As of 2011 India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Channarayapatna has a population of 279,798. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Channarayapatna has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 78% and female literacy of 68%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Administration

Taluk

Channarayapatna Taluk is one of the eight taluks in Hassan district of Karnataka state. There are 40 panchayat villages in Channarayapatna Taluk,Pin code of Channarayapatna is 573116 for 407 villages.

Economy

Agriculture is the major economic activity.

Sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

Coconut The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family (biology), family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, ...

are the leading commercial crops, while food crops include Ragi,

Potato The potato () is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'', a perennial in the nightshade famil ...

Sunflower The common sunflower (''Helianthus annuus'') is a species of large annual forb of the daisy family Asteraceae. The common sunflower is harvested for its edible oily seeds, which are often eaten as a snack food. They are also used in the pr ...

, and Paddy. The taluk also has mineral reserves, such as

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 Iron, FeChromium, Cr2Oxygen, O4. It is an oxide mineral belonging to the spinel group. The ...

Gallery

File:CRPATNA POP 2001.pdf, Map of Channarayapatna Taluk as per 2001 Census File:CRPATNA POP 2011.pdf, Map of Channarayapatna Taluk as per 2001 Census File:Hassan in karnataka.jpg, Positioning of Hassan district in Karnataka File:CRPATNA VILLAGES1.jpg, Village Map of Channarayapatna Taluk File:HASSAN DIST CRP.jpg, Hobli Map of Hassan district File:193 SBELAGOLA CON VIL.jpg, Hobli & Village Map of Shravanabelagola Assembly constituency, Channarayapatna Taluk File:193 SBELAGOLA LAC1.jpg, Village Map of Shravanabelagola Assembly constituency, Channarayapatna Taluk File:CRPATNA Grama panchayat.jpg, Grama panchayat and Village Map of Channarayapatna Taluk File:CRPATNA TOURISM1.jpg, Tourism Map of Channarayapatna Taluk File:CRPATNA HOB VIL.pdf, Channarayapatna Taluk - Hobli and Village Map File:CHANNARAYAPATNA GP VIL 2015.pdf, Channarayapatna Taluk - Grama Panchayat and Village Map File:CHANNARAYAPATNA FLUORIDE.pdf, Channarayapatna Taluk Map about Fluoride content in DWS

Notable people

* H. C. Srikantaiah, Former Minister and Member of Parliament * S. L. Bhyrappa, novelist and professor *

Nanditha Nandita or Nanditha is an Indian feminine given name.It is a North Indian name. Notable people * Nanditha (born 1978), Indian singer * Nandita Adhiya, Indian cricketer * Nandita Behera, Indian classical dancer * Nandita Berry, (born 1968), In ...

, playback singer * C. N. Manjunath, cardiologist * C N Balakrishna, MLA Sravanabelogaola Constituency

References

External links

* Cities and towns in Hassan district {{Karnataka-geo-stub