Mysore district, officially Mysuru district, is an administrative district located in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Mysore division. and Mandya District was carved out of the original larger Mysore district in 1939. During state reorganisation, Kollegala was transferred from Coimbatore district. Then in 1997 a new district, Chamarajanagar district, was carved out of Mysore. Mysore district is bounded by Chamrajanagar district to the southeast, Mandya district to the east and northeast, Wayanad district of Kerala to the south, Kodagu district to the west, and Hassan district to the north.
- Country
- India
- Website
- http://mysore.nic.in/, http://www.mysore.nic.in/index_en.htm
