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Krishnarajanagara is a town in Mysore district in the
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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 ...
. It is also the administrative center of Krishnarajanagara Taluk.


Geography

Krishnarajanagara is located on the northern part of Mysore district, west of 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. It has an average elevation of 786 metres above sea level. NH-373, also known as SH-57 passes through the town of K.R.Nagara.


Climate

Krishnarajanagara has
Tropical Savanna Climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...
under the
Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
. On average, the town receives the least amount of rainfall in January, and the most in October.


Demographics

According to the 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 ...
, Krishnarajanagara had a population of 35,805. Its gender ratio is relatively balanced, with 17,900 male residents and 17,905 female residents. Krishnarajanagara has an average literacy rate of 78.2%. with male literacy being 81.8%, and female literacy being 74.5%. In Krishnarajanagara, 9.9% of the population is under 6 years of age.


Galleries

File:Krishnarajanagara (Taluk) 2011.jpg, Taluk boundary before creation of Saligrama Taluk File:Krishnarajanagara (Taluk) Vidhana Sabha Constituency.jpg, Taluk boundary same as Assembly Constituency as per 2011 Census before creation of Saligrama Taluk File:C.M.Road, Krishnarajanagara, Mysore, India.jpg, C.M. Road within the town File:Kandenahalli Bridge, K.R.Nagar, Mysore.jpg, Kandenahalli Bridge on the northeast of the town


See also

*
Saligrama, Mysore Saaligraama is a new sub-district of Mysore district, situated on the northern bank of the river Kaveri, Cauvery averi This place is esteemed as sacred by the Shri Vaishnavas on account of its having been the residence of Ramanuja, Sri ...
* Hosa Agrahara


References

Cities and towns in Mysore district {{Mysore-geo-stub