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During the British times it was named Chitradurga also popularly known as Chitradurg. It is having an aerial extent of around 8388 sq km and is located between latitude 13`` 3400`` E to 15`` 0200`` N and longitude 76° 0' 00`` E .

The district is bounded by Tumkur District to the southeast and south, Chikmagalur District to the southwest, Davanagere District to the west, Bellary District to the north, and Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh state to the east. The district is divided into taluks, namely Chitradurga, Hiriyur, Hosadurga, Holalkere, Challakere and Molakalmuru

The district has a population of 15, 17,896 (Census, 2001). Labour Force Participation Rate is 46.12%. Main source of income in the district is from the agriculture sector and per capita income is Rs. 83,027 .Total cropped area is 5,00,394 in hectares and the forest area is 499 in sq km (2015)