Chamarajanagar District is one of the administrative districts of Karnataka with its headquarters located at Chamarajanagar town. Chamarajanagar District was carved out of Mysore District. Total area covered by Chamarajanagar District is 5686 sq kms. This district was one of the seven new districts formed on 15th of August, 1997. Those seven districts are Chamarajanagar, Udupi District, Davanagere District, Haveri District, Koppal District, Gadag District and Bagalkote District.

Administration of Chamarajanagar District
Administration of Chamarajanagar District consists of four Talukas and 461 revenue villages. The four Talukas are namely Chamarajanagar, Gundlupet, Kollegal and Yelandur. Chamarajanagar Parliamentary Constituency consists of Chamarajanagar, Gundlupet, Kollegal, Yelandur, T. Narsipur and Nanjangud. Further, Chamarajanagar Legislative Assembly Constituency consists of Chamarajanagar, Santhemarhalli, Gundlupet, Kollegal and Hanur. Deputy Commissioner is head of Chamarajanagar District administration. The collectorate consists of various branches headed by Tehsildars, or Managers who are responsible for supervision, guidance and overall management of work in their branch. Every branch consists of First Division Assistants and Second Division Assistants and all work is equally divided. There are various officials both at the district level and at the taluk levels to assist the Deputy Commissioner. They include the Assistant Commissioner`s (Sub-Divisional Magistrate), Tehsildars, Revenue Inspectors and Village Accountants. The Deputy Commissioner Court deals with cases pertaining to Revenue Appeals, Revenue Miscellaneous and Prohibition of transfer of Certain Lands cases. One Sub Divisional Assistant and Manager of Judicial Branch assist the Deputy Commissioner by doing back office work. The office of Deputy Commissioner has many arms and each arm functions with coordination to one another. They include Administrative Section, Revenue Section, Election Section, Municipal Section, Census Section, Judicial Section and Miscellaneous Section.

Economy of Chamarajanagar District
Economy of Chamarajanagar District is basically agrarian in character. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy. The main occupation of the people of this district is farming and other allied activities. Most of the lands of the region are dry lands. Since, the irrigation facility is very sparse in the district the farmers are largely dependent on seasonal rains to grow their crops. Maize, jowar, paddy, cowpea, groundnut, cotton, sunflower and sugarcane are the major crops that are grown in the district. The district is traditionally known for Sericulture activities with a total area of 8,601.59 hectares under mulberry cultivation. Coconut, banana, turmeric, and various vegetables are also grown. Sericulture is a traditional activity in Chamarajanagar District. In terms of number of families engaged in rearing silk worms as also the area under mulberry crops, Chamarajanagar District occupies a prominent place. The district is having around 431 Sericulture villages. The integrated rural cottage industries ancillary to sericulture supports large number of families and provides direct and indirect employment. Average size of sericulture farms in the district is nearly 1.5 to 2 acres.

Chamarajanagar District also has several tourist places that are worth exploring and they attract travellers from all parts of the country.