District Profile

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Mysore District (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ) is an administrative district located in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. A tourist's paradise with varied attractions9875rerom Mysore Palace to Nagarhole National Park; this district has a prominent place in the history of Karnataka. Mysore was ruled by the Wodeyars from the year 1399 till the independence of India in the year 1947. Mysore's prominence can be gauged from the fact that the Karnataka state was known previously as Mysore state

District Statistics

Offcers, Village Accountant (VA) Circles, Hoblies, Grama Panchayaths

Sl. No.	Taluk	Nada Office	VA Circles	Hoblies	Grama Panchayaths
1	HD.Kote	3	35	3	26
2	Hunsur	4	50	4	41
3	K.R. Nagar	6	61	6	34
4	Mysuru	4	49	4	37
5	Nanjangud	5	97	5	45
6	Periyapatana	4	57	4	34
7	Saraguru	2	21	2	13
8	T. Narasipura	5	59	5	36
Total		33	429	33	266

Source : Directorate of Economics & Statistics 2018-19

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Population and Percentage share of total population as per 2011 Census

Sl. No.	Taluk	Geographical Area (sq. km)	Population			% share to Total	Rank
			Total	Male	Female
1	HD.Kote	1618	263706	132748	130958	8.78	5
2	Hunsur	898	282963	142946	140017	9.42	4
3	K.R. Nagar	596	252657	126539	126118	8.41	6
4	Mysuru	797	1281768	645316	636452	42.70	1
5	Nanjangud	974	384922	193038	191884	12.82	2
6	Periyapatana	812	243076	124755	118321	8.09	7
7	T. N. Pura	600	292035	146258	145777	9.73	3
Total		6307	3001127	1511600	1489527	100	-

Source : Directorate of Economics & Statistics 2018-19

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Population and Percentage share of total population

Sl. No.	Taluk	Population 2011			% Decadal change 2001-11
		Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban
1	HD.Kote	263706	237968	25738	7.22	1.74	113.68
2	Hunsur	282963	232098	50865	11.4	10.5	15.86
3	K.R. Nagar	252657	216852	35805	5.62	3.97	16.88
4	Mysuru	1281768	267541	1014227	23.42	11.81	26.9
5	Nanjangud	384922	334324	50598	6.85	7.15	4.7
6	Periyapatana	243076	226391	16685	8.39	8.15	11.79
7	T. N. Pura	292035	240540	51495	4.67	-2.15	55.26
Total		3001127	1755714	1245413	13.63	5.84	26.81

Source : Directorate of Economics & Statistics 2018-19

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No. of Rainguage Stations in the district

Sl. No.	Taluk	working Rain guage	Not working Rain guage	Total
1	HD.Kote	7	0	7
2	Hunsur	4	3	7
3	K.R. Nagar	7	1	8
4	Mysuru	6	1	7
5	Nanjangud	4	1	5
6	Periyapatana	6	1	7
7	T. Narasipura	6	2	8
Total		41	8	49

District Statistical Office, Mysuru 2018-19

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Rainfall in the district

Sl. No.	Taluk	Normal Rainfall	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
1	HD.Kote	832	995	747	929	787	929	996	807	596	1020	1057	932	548	867	1279
2	Hunsur	795	1025	645	804	721	981	1126	781	100	648	760	963	432	846	798
3	K.R. Nagar	829	1017	673	838	735	875	911	734	238	332	776	914	437	889	880
4	Mysuru	823	865	575	633	658	762	1027	682	602	601	891	826	0	0	0
5	Nanjangud	712	865	575	633	738	776	1021	702	360	627	827	873	387	876	849
6	Periyapatana	848	1197	758	912	835	1000	955	909	448	624	658	972	475	917	1184
7	T. N. Pura	746	1064	401	558	658	772	784	886	752	541	577	817	840	1010	716

Source :District Satistical Office, Mysuru 2018-19

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Land Utilization (ha)

Sl. No.	Taluk	Geographical area (ha)	Forest (ha)	Fallow Land (ha)			Area Sown (ha)
				Current	Other	Total	Net	More than once	Total
1	HD.Kote	194138	33031	7500	7900	15400	63086	8937	72023
2	Hunsur	98194	7786	1030	927	1957	65340	32309	97649
3	K.R. Nagar	61976	166	1685	1132	2817	43828	24870	68698
4	Mysuru	81740	3216	2040	2098	4138	49441	4084	53525
5	Nanjangud	98541	3688	4072	5766	9838	64274	23888	88162
6	Periyapatana	83121	14810	2540	1340	2880	45754	5055	50809
7	T. N. Pura	58672	154	5784	4614	10398	39067	7776	46843
Total		676382	62851	24651	23777	48428	370790	106919	477709

Soruce: As per Anual Season and Crop Report : 2017-18

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Gross and Net area irrigated at different soruces

Sl. No.	Taluk	Canals			Tanks			Wells
		Lenght (km)	Gross Irrigated area (ha)	Net Irrigated area (ha)	Number	Gross Irrigated area (ha)	Net Irrigated area (ha)	Number	Gross Irrigated area (ha)	Net Irrigated area (ha)
1	HD.Kote	188.80	10200	9900	59	4430	4055	2	40	30
2	Hunsur	140.40	10800	9550	112	1865	1660	113	7120	6840
3	K.R. Nagar	293.50	17550	15050	158	1165	1065	202	2935	2900
4	Mysuru	17.20	2100	5900	103	2320	2300	61	1955	1875
5	Nanjangud	362.00	20650	18275	34	2655	2000	14	2925	2690
6	Periyapatana	34.50	10075	9150	436	2280	2050	46	2455	2075
7	T. N. Pura	272.00	23550	22400	35	3985	2850	221	875	845
Total		1308.40	94925	90225	937	18700	15980	659	18305	17255

Soruce : ASCR : 2017-18

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Gross and Net area irrigated at different soruces

Sl. No.	Taluk	Tube wells			Lift Irrigation			Other Sources		Total
		Number	Gross Irrigated area (ha)	Net Irrigated area (ha)	Number	Gross Irrigated area (ha)	Net Irrigated area (ha)	Gross Irrigated area (ha)	Net Irrigated area (ha)	Gross Irrigated area (ha)	Net Irrigated area (ha)
1	HD.Kote	3560	3286	3100	0	0	0	0	0	9259	8620
2	Hunsur	4004	4810	4650	0	0	0	980	850	19606	18865
3	K.R. Nagar	2398	1254	1150	0	0	0	0	0	20779	20195
4	Mysuru	3462	1038	950	2	190	190	234	200	8693	8126
5	Nanjangud	4635	1493	1250	0	0	0	0	0	21637	20550
6	Periyapatana	4324	4046	3500	1	25	25	0	0	16949	15483
7	T. N. Pura	4522	1058	950	0	0	0	0	0	24471	22320
Total		26905	16985	15550	3	215	215	1214	1050	121394	114159

Soruce : ASCR 2017-18

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Area under Cereals crops (ha)

Sl. No.	Taluk	Paddy	Jowar	Maize	Ragi	Total Cereals
1	HD.Kote	64849	0	3426	11621	40478
2	Hunsur	9825	0	14216	6491	30532
3	K.R. Nagar	21792	25	1021	4710	27548
4	Mysuru	7300	25	91	4003	11419
5	Nanjangud	16953	3416	140	1746	21536
6	Periyapatana	8825	0	10847	20806	22255
7	T. Narasipura	22337	0	7046	1485	30868
Total		93521	3466	36787	50862	184636

Source : JDA, Dept. of Agri, Mysuru

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Area under Pulses crops (ha)

Sl. No.	Taluk	Tur	Horse gram	Black gram	Green gram	Avare	Cow pea	Bengal gram	Total Pulses
1	HD.Kote	1280	6347	337	386	782	3295	0	12427
2	Hunsur	446	2557	325	326	11367	7327	0	22348
3	K.R. Nagar	71	2356	2930	2753	1418	11284	1	20813
4	Mysuru	546	1500	981	994	938	5431	10	10400
5	Nanjangud	334	11657	8482	5614	27	7925	0	34039
6	Periyapatana	82	3569	39	19	3187	5378	0	12904
7	T. N. Pura	15	3970	6746	2306	5	382	0	13424
Total		2774	31956	19840	12398	17724	41022	11	126355

Source : JDA, Dept. of Agri, Mysuru

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Area under Oilseed crops (ha)

Sl. No.	Taluk	Ground nut	Sunflower	Castor	Seasamum	Niger Seeds	Palm	Total Oilseeds
1	HD.Kote	104	0	727	759	0	126	1716
2	Hunsur	627	0	13	2660	0	1	5054
3	K.R. Nagar	31	0	9	5013	0	1	5054
4	Mysuru	65	0	80	760	20	5	930
5	Nanjangud	196	924	48	737	0	34	1939
6	Periyapatana	137	0	65	9	0	2	229
7	T. N. Pura	1227	81	1	128	0	7	1444
Total		2387	1005	943	10057	20	175	14612

Source : JDA, Dept. of Agri, Mysuru

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Area under Commerical crops (ha)

Sl. No.	Taluk	Cotton	Sugarcane	Tobacco
1	HD.Kote	29452	3327	3450
2	Hunsur	1642	61	28669
3	K.R. Nagar	0	40	8539
4	Mysuru	5105	1831	3
5	Nanjangud	15959	868	178
6	Periyapatana	0	33	16857
7	T. Narasipura	2	2239	2
Total		49160	8399	57698

Source : ASCR, 2015-16

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Area under plantation crops (ha)

Sl. No.	Taluk	Coconut	Arecanut	Pepper	Cocoa	Banana	Mango	Lemon	Guava	Sapota	Papaya
1	HD.Kote	23868	168.00	18.00	21.00	63700	9324	400	110	4100	7760
2	Hunsur	51345	406.00	0	3.54	23304	16250	0	350	3710	2200
3	K.R. Nagar	19300	265.50	0	8.00	9750	720	0	50	435	782
4	Mysuru	41130	41.25	30.49	4.5	12023	4386	0	93	1284	2130
5	Nanjangud	37525	79.00	10.00	0	78562	4615	100	30	1088	1260
6	Periyapatana	55230	676.00	180.00	2.44	18711	1250	16	33	1620	90
7	T. N. Pura	25080	30.48	8.00	6.00	7100	3900	575	42	885	2200
Total		253478	1666.23	246.49	45.48	213150	40445	1091	708	13122	16422

Source : FRI 2012-13, DD, Dept. of Hort, Mysuru

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Area under Vegetable crops (tonnes)

Sl. No.	Taluk	Potato	Tomato	Brinjal	Beans	Culster Beans	Onion	Green Chilli	Leafy Vegetables	Gourd Vegetables
1	HD.Kote	0	12450	6400	600	90	500	4080	113	3435
2	Hunsur	0	5400	2755	450	0	0	3525	194	946
3	K.R. Nagar	0	14350	3200	950	17	0	6200	111	512
4	Mysuru	0	13054	2110	806	0	0	2115	186	1529
5	Nanjangud	0	31420	3565	540	10	75	10215	196	1631
6	Periyapatana	650	2140	280	1100	0	0	3200	15	116
7	T. N. Pura	400	4575	1375	400	0	120	975	362	2324
Total		1050	83389	19685	4846	117	695	30310	1177	10493

Source : FRI 2012-13, DD, Dept. of Hort, Mysuru

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Distribution of Chemical Fertilizers (tonnes)

Sl. No.	Taluk	Nitrogen	Phosphorus	Potash	Total
1	HD.Kote	5014	2897	2048	9959
2	Hunsur	3358	1833	2035	7226
3	K.R. Nagar	37960	1973	925	6695
4	Mysuru	12020	6118	5812	23950
5	Nanjangud	2814	1563	956	5332
6	Periyapatana	4993	2433	3691	11116
7	T. Narasipura	5426	2010	2297	9732
Total		37420	18826	17764	74010

Source : JD Dept. of Agri, Mysuru

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Distribution of Sowing seeds (q)

Sl. No.	Taluk	Paddy	Ragi	Maize	Bengal gram	Black gram	Green gram	Total
1	HD.Kote	2506	118	200	10	0	5	10
2	Hunsur	2344	169	555	10	1	1	183
3	K.R. Nagar	3929	101	37	0	0	0	31
4	Mysuru	2331	158	50	0	1	18	50
5	Nanjangud	3613	73	27	85	113	86	33
6	Periyapatana	715	146	198	135	0	0	214
7	T. Narasipura	6115	43	289	0	78	20	40
Total		22454	807	1356	240	192	131	563

Source : JD Dept. of Agri, Mysuru

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Sericulture

Sl. No.	Taluk	Mulberry Area (ha)	Cocoon Production	Villages Enguaged (Nos)	SC	ST	Others	Total	Value Silk produced (Rs Lakh)	Cocoon Markets
1	HD.Kote	149.86	120.609	85	48	24	168	240	365.86	0
2	Hunsur	63.80	37.325	59	13	14	84	111	113.22	1
3	K.R. Nagar	169.82	87.680	94	26	11	392	429	265.57	0
4	Mysuru	234.88	135.037	80	21	8	298	327	407.90	0
5	Nanjangud	281.22	87.227	87	28	7	418	453	264.60	0
6	Periyapatana	97.23	79.239	54	20	23	0	43	240.37	0
7	T. N.Pura	421.66	330.188	109	46	23	730	799	1001.62	1
Total		1418.47	877.305	568	202	110	2090	2402	2659.14	2

Source : DDS Dept. of Seri, Mysuru 2015-16

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Livestock Census 2012

Sl. No.	Taluk	Indigenous	Cross Breed	Total	Buffaloes	Cross Breed	Total
1	HD.Kote	70080	22535	92615	2418	15278	374	15652
2	Hunsur	55500	33919	89419	2639	23543	87	23630
3	K.R. Nagar	46133	26393	72526	15782	37058	20	37078
4	Mysuru	25740	41330	67070	4649	39484	590	40074
5	Nanjangud	46004	40014	86018	4135	57909	4	57913
6	Periyapatana	55567	35496	91063	8358	10280	25	10305
7	T. N. Pura	17303	33538	50841	7438	33449	280	33729
Total		316327	233225	549552	45419	217001	1380	218381

Source : DDAG & VS Dept. of AH, Mysuru 2015-16

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Livestock Census 2012

Sl. No.	Taluk	Goats	Pigs Indigenous	Pigs Cross Breed	Rabbits	Dogs	Others	Poultry
1	HD.Kote	33657	271	63	279	2865	31	845866
2	Hunsur	25458	298	331	55	3357	9	173484
3	K.R. Nagar	18200	706	20	206	2802	0	97057
4	Mysuru	19513	534	8	473	15572	176	1468842
5	Nanjangud	24113	499	1293	72	2695	17	331302
6	Periyapatana	20397	172	212	29	3912	7	62330
7	T. N. Pura	26961	1039	30	43	1988	50	86337
Total		168299	3519	1957	1157	33191	290	3065218

Source : DDAG & VS Dept. of AH, Mysuru 2015-16

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Veterinary Hospitals as on March 2016

Sl. No.	Taluk	Hospitals	Dispensaries	Primary V. Centres	Mobile Dispensaries	Total
1	HD.Kote	4	6	10	1	21
2	Hunsur	5	5	15	1	26
3	K.R. Nagar	4	141	10	1	296
4	Mysuru	7	13	10	1	31
5	Nanjangud	4	17	11	1	33
6	Periyapatana	4	9	13	1	27
7	T. N. Pura	4	8	11	1	24
Total		32	69	80	7	188

Source : DDAG & VS Dept. of AH, Mysuru 2015-16

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Fisheries

Sl. No.	Taluk	Fish catchment (tanks)	Tanks in Panchayath	Tanks in minor irrigation	Families in Full time (Nos)	Families in Part time (Nos)	Fish lets (Rs in Lakh)	Fish Markets (Nos)	Total
1	HD.Kote	1721	85	14	1500	1050	5	8.37	3
2	Hunsur	1200	186	29	1717	683	5	40.47	3
3	K.R. Nagar	1107	104	11	600	350	15	25.73	3
4	Mysuru	796	95	11	200	400	20	15.79	4
5	Nanjangud	800	47	15	1000	800	30	14.82	3
6	Periyapatana	1000	402	10	1500	600	5	28.54	1
7	T. N. Pura	1097	59	12	700	1000	35	22.27	4
Total		7721	978	102	7217	4883	115	1555.99	19

Source : DD Fisheries; KAG 2015-16

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