Hassan district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Karnataka
- Division
- Mysore
- Headquarters
- Hassan
- Talukas
- Hassan , Holenarsipur , Arkalgud , Channarayanapatana , Sakleshpur , Belur , Alur , Arasikere
- Deputy commissioner and district magistr
- K S Lathakumari, ( IAS )
- Total
- 6,845 km (2,643 sq mi)
- Rank
- 11th
- Elevation avg of 8 taluks
- 933 m (3,061 ft)
- Density
- 259.5/km (672.2/sq mi)
- Official
- Kannada
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 573***
- Telephone code
- 08172
- Vehicle registration
- KA-13, KA-46
- Website
- www .hassan .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Mysore State
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Hassan
- Official language
- Kannada
- Population
- 1776421
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Mandya district
- Official website
- hassan.nic.in
- Image
- Lakshminarasimha Temple at Nuggihalli.jpg
- Households
- 433453
- Dialing code
- 08172
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- topic's main category
- Category:Hassan district
- Commons category
- Hassan district
- postal code
- 573201
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hassan district
- male population
- 883667
- female population
- 892754
- short name
- HAS
- urban population
- 376763
- rural population
- 1399658
- literate population
- 1225256
- illiterate population
- 551165
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Hassan district is one of the 31 districts of Karnataka, India. The district headquarter is Hassan. It was part of Manjarabad Faujdari between 1832-81 (Commissioner's Rule of Mysore). In 1882, it was reduced into a sub-division under erstwhile Kadur district. But in 1886, the Hassan district was restored to its current form.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hassan district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.