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| parts = [[Yelandur]], [[Gundlupet]], [[Chamarajanagar]], [[Kollegal]], [[Hanur]]
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[[File:M.M.Hills, Kollegal.jpg|thumb|Temple chariot at M.M.Hills]]
'''Chamarajanagar''' is the southernmost district in the state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. It was carved out of the original larger [[Mysore District]] in the year 1998. [[Chamarajanagar]] town is the headquarters of this district.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://chamrajnagar.nic.in/home.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009113122/http://chamrajnagar.nic.in/home.html |archive-date=9 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

It is the third least populous district in Karnataka (out of [[List of districts in Karnataka|30]]), after [[Kodagu district|Kodagu]] and [[Bangalore Rural district|Bangalore Rural]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | accessdate = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref>

==History==
Chamarajanagar was earlier known as Sri Arikottara. Chamaraja Wodeyar, the [[Wodeyar]] king of [[Mysuru]] was born here and hence this place was renamed after him. The Vijaya Parsvanath Basadi, a holy [[Jain]] shrine was constructed by Punisadandanayaka, the commander of the [[Hoysala]] king Gangaraja in the year 1117 AD.

==Geography==
Being the southernmost district of [[Karnataka]], Chamarajanagar district borders the state of [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Kerala]]. Specifically, it borders [[Mysore]] district of [[Karnataka]] to the west and north, [[Mandya]] and [[Ramanagara]] districts of Karnataka to the north-east, [[Dharmapuri district|Dharmapuri]] and [[Krishnagiri district|Krishnagiri]] districts of Tamil Nadu to the east, [[Salem District|Salem]] and [[Erode district|Erode]] districts of Tamil Nadu to the south-east, [[Nilgiris district]] of Tamil Nadu to the south, and to the extreme south-west, there is a very small border with [[Wayanad]] district of Kerala.

Most of the district lies in the leeward region of the [[Nilgiris (mountains)|Nilgiris]] and consists of mainly semi-arid rain-dependent flatlands along with forested hills.

National Highway 209, which starts from Bengaluru in Karnataka and ends at NH-7 north of Dindigul in Tamil Nadu, passes through the district at [[Kollegal]] and ends up at Punajur (or Punjur), in the western ghats near the Tamil Nadu - Karnataka border.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Chamarajanagar district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,020,791,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Cyprus]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | accessdate = 2011-10-01 | quote = Cyprus 1,120,489 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Montana]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|accessdate=2011-09-30
|quote=Montana 989,415
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archivedate=19 October 2013
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}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 441st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 200 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 5.75%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Chamarajanagar has a [[sex ratio]] of 989 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 61.43%.
86.11% of the population speaks Kannada, 4.58% Tamil, 4.42% Urdu and 3.29% Telugu.<ref name=districtcensus/>
The district has a high percentage of Scheduled Castes, with a population of 259,000, making up a quarter of the district's population. Having a large percentage of forest cover the district also has a high population of forest-dwelling tribals, like the [[Soliga tribe|Soligas]], [[Yerava]]s, [[Jenu Kuruba]]s and [[Betta Kuruba]]s. These tribals have their own languages and their total population is around 120,000, and make up 12% of the district population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-Common/CensusData2011.html|title=Chamarajanagar District Population Religion - Karnataka, Chamarajanagar Literacy, Sex Ratio - Census India|website=www.censusindia.co.in|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-21}}</ref> Other communities include Lingayats, Muslims and Vokkaligas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/lok-sabha-election-2019-karnataka-profile-congress-jds-bjp-set-for-epic-clash-belgaum-bangalore-north-shimoga-key-seats-constituency-constituencies-6340021.html|title=Lok Sabha Election 2019, Karnataka profile: Congress-JDS, BJP set for epic clash; Belgaum, Bangalore North, Shimoga key seats|website=Firstpost|access-date=2020-04-21}}</ref>{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,34,676|13=1911|14=3,44,414|15=1921|16=3,28,501|17=1931|18=3,52,485|19=1941|20=3,90,337|21=1951|22=4,49,448|23=1961|24=5,33,759|25=1971|26=6,16,502|27=1981|28=7,68,198|29=1991|30=8,83,365|31=2001|32=9,65,462|33=2011|34=10,20,791|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

==Crime==

Since much of the southern area of the district is dense forest, it provided good refuge to the notorious bandit [[Veerappan]], responsible for the death of over a hundred policemen. He was shot dead in an encounter with the specially formed Special Task Force (STF) on 18 October 2004, in [[Dharmapuri]] district, Tamil Nadu. He had been on the run for over two decades. The presence of illegal quarrying for black stone imposes a great threat to the forests in the region.

==Tourist attractions==
The main tourist attractions are Sri Chamarajeshwara temple in Chamrajanagar, [[Biligiriranga Hills]], K Gudi, [[Male Mahadeshwara Hills]], Suvarnavati dam, [[Shivanasamudra Falls|Shivasamudram]], [[Bandipur National Park|Bandipur national park]], [[Gopalaswamy Hills]] in Gundlupet and so on.

==Image gallery==
==See also==
*[[Chamarajanagar]]
*[[Kollegal]]
*[[Mamballi]]
*[[Yelandur]]
*[[Gundlupet]]
*[[Male Mahadeshwara Hills]]
*[[Biligiriranga Hills]]
*[[Bandipur National Park]],
*[[Chinnadagudihundi|Chinnada Gudi Hundi]]
*[[Badanaguppe|Badana Guppe]]
*[[Mariyala]]-Gangavadi Halt
*[[Mukkadahalli]]
*[[Mysore–Chamarajanagar branch line]]
*[[Kellamballi]]
*[[Rechamballi]]
*[[Kagalvadi]]
*[[Irasavadi]]
*[[Aluru]]
*[[Badanaguppe]]
*[[Mariyala]]
*[[Kuderu]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Chamarajanagar (district)}}
{{commons category|Chamarajanagar district}}
* [https://chamrajnagar.nic.in/ Official website]
* [http://mapsofindia.com/maps/karnataka/districts/chamrajanagar.htm Maps Of India - Map of Chamarajanagar district]

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