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Mandya | |
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City | |
 Mandya bus stand | |
| Nickname: Sugar City | |
 Mandya in Karnataka | |
| Coordinates:12°31′N76°54′E / 12.52°N 76.9°E /12.52; 76.9 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Karnataka |
| Division | Mysore |
| District | Mandya |
| Government | |
| • Body | City Municipal Council |
| Area | |
• City | 17.03 km2 (6.58 sq mi) |
| • Rural | 692.14 km2 (267.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 678 m (2,224 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• City | 137,735 |
| • Density | 8,088/km2 (20,950/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 277,795[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 571401[2] |
| Vehicle registration | KA-11 |
| Official language | Kannada[3] |
| Website | mandyacity |
Mandya (pronunciationⓘ) is a city in the state ofKarnataka. It is the headquarters ofMandya district. It is also called Sugar City (Kannada:Sakkare Nagara) because sugarcane is a major crop grown here, andsugar factories contribute to the major economic output. The district offices are located here. The city has been divided into 35 wards of the Mandya City Municipal Council.
Mandya celebrated its 75th year anniversary (Amrutha Mahothsava) in 2015. TheKRS dam was built byKrishna Raja Wadiyar IV andM. Visvesvaraya in Mandya, opening in 1932. Mandya is home to a number of historically important sites. In 2016,Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) excavated another 13 ft (4.0 m) statue ofBahubali, a much revered figure among Jains. He was the son of Adinath, the first tirthankara of Jainism, and the younger brother of Bharata Chakravartin, identified with the 3rd – 9th centuries in Arthipura,Mandya district. The excavation is expected to be completed by 2018.[4][needs update] The Archaeological Survey of India has also excavated an 8th-century statue of Bahubali in Arthipura,Maddur, Mandya, Karnataka, that is 3 ft (0.91 m) wide and 3.5 ft (1.1 m) tall.[5]
Mandya RTO Code is KA11[6]
Mandya is located at12°31′N76°54′E / 12.52°N 76.9°E /12.52; 76.9.[7] It has an average elevation of 678 metres (2,224 ft).
As per the 2011 Indiacensus,[8] Mandya had a population of 137,358. The sex ratio is 1000 females per 1000 males, higher than the state average of 973. Mandya has an average literacy rate of 85.32%, higher than the state average of 75.36%: male literacy is 89.39%, and female literacy is 81.29%. 10.14% of the population is under 6 years of age.Scheduled Castes constitute 13.40% while Scheduled Tribes constitute 1.17% of the total population of Mandya (CMC).[9]
| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 89.55% | |||
| Islam | 5.71% | |||
| Christianity | 2.20% | |||
| Jainism | 1.44% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.11% | |||
The Mandya railway station is located in the city centre, well connected to Mysuru and Bengaluru. There are daily train services toChennai,Hyderabad,Kochuveli,Mangalore,Belgaum,Bagalkot,Hubli,Ballari and weekly trains toVaranasi,Darbhanga,Jaipur,Ajmer. The city has aKSRTC bus stand with frequent buses to Bangalore and Mysore. TheNH-275/SH-88 is a major highway passing through the city.[12]
| Climate data for Mandya (1991–2020, extremes 1972–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.6 (96.1) | 36.8 (98.2) | 38.0 (100.4) | 39.6 (103.3) | 39.1 (102.4) | 37.9 (100.2) | 34.4 (93.9) | 34.0 (93.2) | 35.1 (95.2) | 33.5 (92.3) | 33.0 (91.4) | 36.6 (97.9) | 39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) | 32.4 (90.3) | 34.7 (94.5) | 35.0 (95.0) | 33.9 (93.0) | 30.6 (87.1) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.3 (84.7) | 30.1 (86.2) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.1 (84.4) | 28.6 (83.5) | 31.1 (88.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) | 17.3 (63.1) | 19.9 (67.8) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.7 (71.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.8 (67.6) | 18.2 (64.8) | 16.1 (61.0) | 19.3 (66.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.1 (52.0) | 15.0 (59.0) | 11.7 (53.1) | 12.1 (53.8) | 15.0 (59.0) | 12.2 (54.0) | 12.7 (54.9) | 12.3 (54.1) | 10.1 (50.2) | 8.1 (46.6) | 8.0 (46.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.8 (0.03) | 1.1 (0.04) | 13.7 (0.54) | 53.2 (2.09) | 94.8 (3.73) | 60.4 (2.38) | 50.5 (1.99) | 91.4 (3.60) | 122.5 (4.82) | 176.9 (6.96) | 54.6 (2.15) | 12.9 (0.51) | 732.8 (28.85) |
| Average rainy days | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 45.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%)(at 17:30IST) | 41 | 35 | 33 | 42 | 51 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 63 | 67 | 64 | 54 | 54 |
| Source:India Meteorological Department[13][14][15] | |||||||||||||
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