Hassan …centre for traditional Hoysala architecture Overview Hassan, the district is acclaimed for its unique style of temple architechture, introduced and made popular by the Hoysalas dyanasty. Chennakeshava temple,is one of the finest examples of workmanship of intricate carvings of the. The district also having favoured atmosphere for development of agri Introduction processing and Hardware/ IT/ ITES sectors. ► Located in southern eastern part of Karnataka and 194 kms away from the District Area 6,814 state capital Bengaluru Hassan Headquarter sq. kilometre ► Divided into 8 administrative divisions– Alur, Arkalgud, Arsikere, Belur, 12°13’ & 13°33’ N Annual Channarayapatna, Hassan, H.N. Pura latitude 1,147 and Sakleshpur. 75°33’ & 76°83’ E Location Normal Rainfall millimetres ► Rich producer of spices, cardamom, longitude coconuts and coffee. 35oC Hemavati, ► District lies partly in the ‘malnad’ tract maximum Yagachi, and partly in the southern plains region Temperature Rivers 20oC Vatehole and ► Ruled by kingdoms of Kadambas, minimum Cauvery Chalukyas, Gangas, Hoysalas and Vijayanagar empire 261 Population 1,010 ► ‘Hoysalas’ imbibed the art of making Sex Ratio persons per sq.km Density females per 1,000 temples and sculptures in the region, males contributing it to become a renowned tourist place Population 75.89 ► Famous Tourist Places - Belur, Literacy Rate 17.76 lakhs (as per Census percent Halebeed, Shravanabelagola & others 2011) Page 2 District Profile : Hassan Economy ► GDDP is INR 21,764 crore in the year 2014-15( at Hassan District’s Contribution to GDDP of Karnataka (2014- 15)- at current prices current prices) Description INR Crores Contribution ► Urbanisation in the district is 23.66% compared to (%) 39% in the state Total District GDP 21764 2.4 ► Hassan district is an agrarian economy with 52.7% of the net area under cultivation Primary 3,832 3.2 ► Coffee and Cardamom are major export products from the district Secondary 3,702 1.8 ► Industrial growth centre with ample scope for agro and food processing and IT Tertiary 12,073 2.4 Source: Economic Survey of Karnataka 2016-17 Key Economic Indicator * Provisional figures District Per capita Income (in INR)* 9% 38% 2014-15 Forest Cultivable land Other land 2013-14 53% 2012-13 0 60,000 1,20,000 Source: District at a glance, DIC Source: Economic Survey of Karnataka Land Utilisation * Provisional figures Page 3 District Profile : Hassan Agriculture Profile Key Enablers Area (Ha) under Agricultural Crops 2015-16 ► Southern Transitional, Southern Dry and Central Dry Zones of climatic conditions Tobacco 13,624 ► Bimodal rainfall pattern helps in growing short Seasamum 2,410 and long duration crops ► Good transport network to Mangalore port Cowpea 12,816 and Bengaluru by rail and roadways Ragi 64,661 ► ZARS /KVK /Other technical institutions are present to provide knowledge support to Maize 79,058 farmers Paddy 42,818 ► Rich producers of spices cardamoms, Major Crops 0 50,000 1,00,000 • Food crops: Ragi ,Paddy, coconuts and coffee Maize, Jowar, Tur, Bengal Production (tonnes) under gram, Green gram, Horse Thrust Areas Horticulture Crops (2015-16) gram, Avare ► High yielding varieties and advance cultivation • Horticulture Crops: Banana, practices in vegetables Mango, Lemon, Sapota, ► Promotion of INM and IPM for control for pest Gourd variety… 27395 Tomato, Chilli, Potato, Brinjal and disease Brinjal 11370 and cole crops ► Promotion of organic farming by utilizing large Green chillies 21284 • Cash crops: Cotton, quantities of biomass sugarcane,, Tobacco ► Strengthening market infrastructure like Potato 251905 • Flowers: Jasmine , establishment of wholesale markets for fruits sapota 9890 and vegetables and cold storages Chrysanthemum, Marigold Mango 21971 and Rose. • Spices: Black pepper, Ginger, Banana 114981 Cardamom, Vanilla 0 100000 200000 300000 Plantation: Coconut, Areca • Source: Hassan District Official Website nut, Cocoa, Spices, Coffee and Oil Palm INM- Integrated Nutrient Management, IPM- Integrated Pest Managmenent Page 4 District Profile : Hassan Industry Profile ► 10 Large and Medium Scale Industries with aggregated investment of INR 678 Crores Key Players ► 13,456 Small-scale Industries with aggregated Investment INR 304 Crore ► MCF of ISRO ► Opto Circuits ( Inida)Ltd. ► Industrial Growth centre, Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the district ► Nov Max ► Textile SEZ, Pharma SEZ, Electronic Hardware-IT/ITES SEZ at Hassan ► Jupioter Aviation Logisitcs ► Hindustan Infrastructure ► 1389.98 acres Industrial growth center with fully developed road linkages and ► Himatsingh Lenins Pvt.Ltd completely loaded infrastructure with dedicate power and water supply ► Go Go Internatinal Pvt.Ltd ► Petronet MHB Ltd ► HPCL ► Allana Coffee Curing works Identified MSME Clusters by Govt of Karnataka ► Coir &coir Products at •Strong Agriculture base •Textile Zones in the district Aransikere •New 300 MT cattle Feed with an investment INR 551 plant has been set up at •Dedicated SEZ with total Crore providing ► Metalware at Shravanbelagola Hassan investment of INR 686 employment ► Toys and Decorative pieces at •Dedicated 265 acres Food crore for Electronic •614 acres of dedicated Processing SEZ for export Hardware and IT/ITES textile SEZ has been Shravanabelagola oriented units •Master control Facility of promoted by KIADB •Major producer of Coffee ISRO located in the district •3 purely export oriented Natural Resources •District is recognized as textile units working in agri-export zone textile SEZ ► Moulding Sand ► Quartz Agri and ► Fledspar Food Electrical Textile ► Copper Ore Processing ► Chromite Ore Deposit Page 5 District Profile : Hassan Industry Profile Industrial Infrastructure Major exportable item ► Coffee ,Gherkins 6 Industrial Areas Sunrise Sectors ► Textile Industries, Pharma, Dairy based units, Electronic Name Extent Hardware, IT and ITES, Food Processing, tourism (acres) Service Enterprises B.Kattihalli 93 ► Scope for IES and Engineering Based service Industry Growth centre- 102 sublayout Hassan Growth 489 1500 3 Center 2 SLSWCC1 approved 1000 2 Projects b/w 2013-14 to Sub Layout (IOCL) 50 1 2016-17 500 1 0 1 Holenarasipura 29 140 325 1325 0 7 Industrial Estates 0 0 Thimmanahalli 75 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Name Extent (acres) Investment (in INR crore) No of Projects Hassan 25 80 62 6 SHLCC2 approved Arasikere 13 4 projects b/w 2013-14 to 60 46 48 3 4 2016-17 Sakleshpura 10 40 Belur 10 20 39 2 2 2 Holenarasipura 5 0 0 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 1State Level Single Window Gandasi 3.5 Clearance Committee Investment (in INR crores) No of Projects 2 Channarayapatna 2 State High Level Clearance Committee Page 6 District Profile : Hassan Support Infrastructure Rail ► NH-48 connecting Bengaluru and Mangaluru passes through the district ► NH-206 connecting Tumkuru and Honnavara passes through the Arsikere Taluk Road ► 201 kms of Broad guage line covering five Talukas Viz, Alur, Arsikere, Hassan, Holenarasipura and Sakaleshpura Hassan-Bengaluru Airport ► Nearest Ariport is Mysuru, located 115 kms away from Hassan town ► Other airports nearby are Mangaluru, Bengaluru, Hubballi and Belagavi Port ► Nearest seaport is Mangaluru , 179 kms away. ► Other seaports include Karwar and Goa which are 396 km and 496 km respectively. ► Three rivers namely Cauvery, Hemavathi and Yagachiare flowing in the Water district ► Total water supply to the district is 2.5 MGD ► Hemavathy reservoir at Gorur is the main dam and Yagachi and Vatehole are the small two reservoirs Power ► Average Demand ( domestic + Industry): 1,77,392 MU ► Transmission by Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply corporation Limited ( CESC), Mysuru Page 7 District Profile : Hassan Social Infrastructure Educational Institutions Schools Taluka Hospitals Colleges- PU Other Hospitals Malnad College under HFW Colleges- Degree of Engineering Allopathic M. Krishna Law Hospitals Polytechnic colleges College Private Hospitals Medical Colleges Government Indian System of Science College Medicine Engineering Colleges Primary Health Centres Community Health Centres Healthcare Facilities Source: Hassan District at a Glance 2015-16 Page 8 District Profile : Hassan Tourism Shravana Belagola Ramanthapura The Gommateshwara statue at Situated on the left bank of the Shravanabelagola is a monolith and cauvery and a noted centre of one of the important tirthas in Jainism pilgrimage and has been called ‘Dakshina Kashi’ Hassanamba Temple Bisle Ghat 800 year old temple dedicated to Situated about 65 Kms from goddess Shakti or Amba The main Sakaleshpur, it is a mountainous diety of the temple is that of region full of panoramic sceneries, Hassan making it a desired place for trekkers Channakeshava Temple Gorur World famous for the finest Situated about 25 kms from Hassan examples of Hoysala town, it is famous for temples like workmanship; situated on the Trikuteshwara, Vasudeva and banks of River Yagachi, 38 kms Kailaseshwara. The dam constructed away from Hassan town across Hemavathi river is a major excursion spot Halebeed Temple Chandragiri Grand example of temple architecture with sequences from the greatest Hindu One of the two hills epics (Ramayana, Mahabharata and in Shravanabelagola in Bhagvatha Gita) depicted on the outer the Indian state of Karnataka, the walls of the temple other one being Vindhyagiri.. Page 9 District Profile : Hassan Shelf of Projects Transportation ►BMEC corridor. ► Bengaluru-Hassan :New Railway line of 166 km has been Tourism commissioned and work is in progress ►Development of tourism related T T infrastructure