Chikkaballapura district

History

According to a popular legend, the Marigowda, the son of the chief Avathimalla Biregowda, was hunting one day in the Kodimanchanahalli forest. He found a rabbit standing fearlessly in front of hunting dogs. Excited by this, the chief told his son that it was a sign of the boldness of the local people. So, he obtained permission from the king of Vijayanagara and built a fort and a town. This, in the course of time, developed into the town of Chickballapur. During the rule of Baichegowda, the king of Mysore attacked the fort but had to withdraw due to the interference of Marathas. Dodda Byregowda, who came to power after Baichegowda, resumed control of the territories seized earlier by Mysore. In 1762, during the rule of Chikkappanayaka, Hyder Ali laid siege the town for a period of three months. Then Chikkappanayaka agreed to pay 5-lakhs pagodas, and the army was withdrawn.

After this, Chikkappa Nayaka with the help of Murariraya of Gooty tried to get back his powers. He was hiding at Nandi Hills along with Chikkappa Nayaka. Immediately Hyder Ali took Chickballapur and other places and arrested Chikkappa Nayaka. Then, with the interference of Lord Cornwallis, Chickballapur was handed over to Narayanagowda. Some sources suggest that Lord Cornwallis visited the temple of Lord Shiva in Peresandra, which is 18 km off of Chikkaballapur. A few references in British text suggest that Peresandra has a tremendous history; upon knowing this, Tipu Sultan again acquired Chikballapur. In 1791, the British occupied Nandi & left Narayanagowda to rule the town; due to this, the fight between the Britishers and Tipu Sultan again started. Narayanagowda lost his administration. Later on, the British defeated Tipu Sultan. Chickballapur also came under the administration of Wodeyars of Mysore, which is now a part of Karnataka.

Demographics

As of the 2011 census Chikkaballapur district had a population of 1,255,104, roughly equal to the nation of Trinidad and Tobago or the US state of New Hampshire. This gave it a ranking of 385th in population of districts in India (out of a total of 640). The district had a population density of 298 PD/sqkm. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.17%. Chikkaballapura had a sex ratio of 968 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 70.08%. 22.40% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 24.90% and 12.47% of the population respectively.

At the time of the 2011 census, 59.37% of the population spoke Kannada, 27.07% Telugu and 11.60% Urdu as their first language.

References

References

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