| Voice of Kolar : Kiran
Kumar
Kolar District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 8223.0 Km2
Population in KOLAR (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 15,40,231
Male : 7,79,401
Female : 7,60,830
Under 6 population
Total : 1,61,877
Male : 82,814
Female : 79,063
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 44426
In seeing : 20208
In speech : 4707
In hearing : 2475
In movement : 12423
Mental : 4613
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 371
Sex Ratio Rank : 426
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 190 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 326 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Kolar District
Kolar District is situated in the state of Karnataka, India
and belongs to its semi-arid drought prone region. It lies between
770 21' to 780 35' east longitude and 120 46' to 130 58' north latitude,
extending over an area of 8,225 sq. km. Among other things, this
district is famous for the large quantities of gold that are available
for extraction in the Kolar gold mines. The primary languages spoken
here are Telugu and Kannada. Other languages spoken are Hindi and
Urdu. It has many historic places like Mulbagal, Bangaru Tirupati,
Kotilingeshwara, Nandidrug, Lapakshi, Antara Gange, Markandeya Hill
near Vokkaleri, Temple of Kolaramma (constructed by Chola dynasty)
and Someshwara Temple. Kolar was called as Kolahalapura during the
middleages which as time passed came to be known as Kolar. Kolahahapura
in Kannada ment violent city, as it was the battlefield for the
warring kingdoms of Chalukyas in the north and Cholas to the south.
Kolar was under Chola rule for a period of time. Cholas were builders
of great temples as the Brihadeeshwara temple in Tanjore. They built
the Kolaramma and Someshwara temples. There are carvings in tamil
on the temple walls which proves that it was built by the Tamil
speaking Cholas. Before the Cholas, Gangas ruled over Kolar and
it was their capital for a short period of time before moving to
Talakad in Mysore. As a District Headquarters, Kolar has room for
many communities and represents a mini-India. The first Chief Minister
of Karnataka, the late Mr. K. C. Reddy, was from Bangarapet Taluk
of the Kolar District. The architect of the world famous Brindavan
Gardens, Sir M. Vishweswaraiah, was also from Kolar. The major sources
of employment are agriculture, dairy and sericulture.Hence it is
popularly known as the land of "Silk, Milk and Gold too". One has
to visit the fields of the Kolar District to see the actual agriculture,
since farmers there are totally dependent upon borewell water for
irrigation and drinking. Most of the gold mines in Kolar Gold Fields
were closed during the 1990s due to reducing deposits and increasing
costs.
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