Malikwad observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
By population, Malikwad ranks #36 of 78 villages in Chikodi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malikwad is a village of 2,970 people in 693 households (Census 2011) in Chikodi taluk, Belagavi district, Karnataka, the 36th-largest of 78 villages in Chikodi taluk. Literacy is 75%, 13 points above the taluk average of 62% and the sex ratio is 939 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 591244, served by Yaksamba post office; the LGD village code is 597174. The village votes in Gokak assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jarkiholi Ramesh Laxmanrao. The population is estimated at 3,502 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Malikawad →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
Centred on Chikodi mandal
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