Chamarajanagar
Constituency No. 28 · Scheduled Caste
Assembly segments in this district
- Hanur
- Kollegal
- Chamarajanagar
- Gundlupet
Chamarajanagar District
Karnataka
Chamarajanagar district is one of the districts of Karnataka. Its administrative headquarters is at Chamarajanagar. It covers 5,101 sq km and had a population of 10,20,380 at the 2011 census, a density of 200 people per square kilometre. Electorally it is covered by 1 Lok Sabha constituency and 4 assembly segments.
District Headquarters
Chamarajanagar
Area
5,101 sq km
Population
10.20 Lakh
(2011)
Population Density
200 /km²
Literacy Rate
61.43%
Sex Ratio
991
per 1,000 males
Chamarajanagar District Overview
Census 2011Key demographic and social figures for Chamarajanagar district.
Total Population
10.20 Lakh
Male Population
5.13 Lakh
Female Population
5.08 Lakh
Rural Population
8.41 Lakh
Urban Population
1.79 Lakh
Scheduled Caste
2.61 Lakh
Scheduled Tribe
1.21 Lakh
Literacy Rate
61.43%
Population Density
200 /km²
Sex Ratio
991
females per 1,000 males
Male literacy 69.84%Female literacy 52.99%
District Administration
Administrative structure of Chamarajanagar district.
5
Tehsils
5
Blocks
50
Nyay Panchayats
130
Gram Panchayats
508
Villages
- Headquarters
- Chamarajanagar
- Languages
- Kannada, Tamil
- Census Year
- 2011
- Coordinates
- 11.92° N, 76.94° E
Lok Sabha Constituencies Covering Chamarajanagar
(1)A district can be covered by several Lok Sabha constituencies, and a constituency can reach into more than one district.
Primary
Assembly Constituencies Covering Chamarajanagar
(4)Assembly constituencies form the segments within Lok Sabha constituencies.
No. 221 · Chamarajanagar
MM
M.R. Manjunath
Janata Dal (Secular)
MLA
No. 222 · Chamarajanagar
AK
A.R. Krishnamurthy
Indian National Congress
MLA
No. 223 · Chamarajanagar
CP
C. Puttarangashetty
Indian National Congress
MLA
No. 224 · Chamarajanagar
HP
H.M. Ganesh Prasad
Indian National Congress
MLA
Your Representatives from Chamarajanagar
(5)Members of Parliament and of the Legislative Assembly representing Chamarajanagar district.
- MMM.R. ManjunathJanata Dal (Secular)MLAHanur · No. 221
- AKA.R. KrishnamurthyIndian National CongressMLAKollegal · No. 222
- CPC. PuttarangashettyIndian National CongressMLAChamarajanagar · No. 223
- HPH.M. Ganesh PrasadIndian National CongressMLAGundlupet · No. 224
Election History
Lok SabhaChamarajanagar · No. 28
- 202418th Lok SabhaINCSunil BoseVotes 7,51,678Vote share 54.88%Margin 1,88,706
- 1. Sunil Bose · INC7,51,678 (54.88%)
- 2. S. Balaraj · BJP5,62,972 (41.11%)
- 3. M. Krishnamurthy · BSP12,100 (0.88%)
- 201917th Lok SabhaBJPV. Srinivas PrasadVotes 5,68,529Vote share 44.74%Margin 1,817
- 1. V. Srinivas Prasad · BJP5,68,529 (44.74%)
- 2. R. Dhruvanarayana · INC5,66,712 (44.6%)
- 3. Dr. N. Mahesh · BSP88,240 (6.94%)
- 201416th Lok SabhaINCR. DhruvanarayanaVotes 5,21,477Vote share 43.43%Margin 1,41,182
- 1. R. Dhruvanarayana · INC5,21,477 (43.43%)
- 2. A. R. Krishnamurthy · BJP3,80,295 (31.67%)
- 3. M. Shivanna · JD(S)2,12,100 (17.67%)
Political Geography
Understanding the administrative and electoral structure.
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Chamarajanagar District at a Glance
- State
- Karnataka
- Headquarters
- Chamarajanagar
- Area
- 5,101 sq km
- Population
- 10.20 Lakh
- Population density
- 200 per km²
- Sex ratio
- 991 per 1,000 males
- Literacy rate
- 61.43%
- Languages
- Kannada, Tamil
- Tehsils
- 5
- Blocks
- 5
- Gram panchayats
- 130
- Villages
- 508
- Lok Sabha seats
- 1
- Assembly segments
- 4
- Census year
- 2011
Sources & data
- Census of India (2011)
- Election Commission of India
- Government of Karnataka
Compiled from public records
Figures are as complete as the underlying records.