Chamarajanagar is the southernmost district in the state of Karnataka. It was carved out of the original larger Mysore District in the year 1998. The Total Extent of Chamarajanagar District is 5686 Sq. Kms consisting of 4 Talukas namely Chamarajanagar, Gundlupet, Kollegal and Yelandur and 16 Hobli's, 446 Habitated Villages, 66 Non Habitated Villages, 461 Revenue Villages.
 It borders the state of TamilNadu and Kerala. Most of the district lies in the leeward region of the Nilgiris and consists of mainly semi-arid rain-dependent flatlands along with forested hills. It is the third least populous district in Karnataka (out of 30), after Kodagu and BangaloreRural.
There are 450 functional DCS .It has chilling centers at Chamarajanagar-60 TLPD and Kollegala-40 TLPD .Total chilling capacity 100TLPD. Also there are 71 Bulk Milk Coolers, Automatic Milk Collection Units 254 in the union.
The union procures on an AVG 2.81 lakh kg/day of milk and sales 0.28 lakh liters/per day.