Chamarajanagar

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 base camp of this region. It is the third slightest crowded region in Karnataka out of 30, after Kodagu and Bangalore Rural. Chamarajanagar was before known as Sri Arikottara. Chamaraja Wodeyar, the Wodeyar lord of Mysuru was conceived here and consequently this place was renamed after him.

The Vijaya Parsvanath Basadi, a sacred Jain place of worship was built by Punisadandanayaka, the leader of the Hoysala ruler Gangaraja in the year 1117 AD. Chamarajanagar locale has a populace of 1,020,962, generally equivalent to the country of Cyprus3 or the US territory of Montana. This gives it a positioning of 441st in India out of an aggregate of 640. The region has a populace thickness of 200 tenants for every square kilometer 520/sq mi.

Its populace development rate throughout the decade 2001-2011 was 5.75%. Chamarajanagar has a sex proportion of 989 females for each 1000 guys, and a proficiency rate of 61.12%. The primary vacation destinations are Biligiriranga Hills, Male Mahadeshwara Hills and Shivasamudram falls. Bandipur national park additionally draws in numerous guests.