Mandya district

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Mandya district
District of Karnataka
Yoga Narasimha Temple in Melukote, Shivanasamudra Falls, Bheemeshwari in Kaveri Wildlife Sanctuary, Merger of rivers near Srirangapatna
Location in Karnataka
Mandya district
Coordinates: 12°31′N 76°54′E / 12.52°N 76.9°E / 12.52; 76.9
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Division	Mysuru
Established	1 July 1939[1]
Headquarters	Mandya
Talukas	Mandya Malavalli Maddur Nagamangala Krishnarajpet Pandavapura Srirangapatna
Government
• Deputy Commissioner	Dr. Kumara (IAS)
• Superintendent of Police	Balakrishna Maladandi (IPS)
Area [2]
• Total	4,961 km2 (1,915 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,805,769
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA-MA
Vehicle registration	KA-11 (Mandya), KA-54 (Nagamangala)
Sex ratio	1.015 ♂/♀
Literacy	70.40 %
Lok Sabha constituency	Mandya Lok Sabha constituency
Climate	Tropical Semi-arid (Köppen)
Precipitation	691 millimetres (27.2 in)
Avg. summer temperature	35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	16 °C (61 °F)
Website	mandya.nic.in

Mandya district is an administrative district of Karnataka, India. The district is bordered on the south by Mysore and Chamarajangar districts, on the west by Hassan district, on the north by Tumkur district and on the east by Ramanagara district. The district Mandya was carved out of larger Mysore district in the year 1939.

Mandya is the main town in Mandya district. As of 2011, the district population was 1,808,680 (of which 16.03% was urban).^[4]