Kappekeri observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
By population, Kappekeri ranks #94 of 98 villages in Aurad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kappekeri is a village of 341 people in 72 households (Census 2011) in Aurad taluk, Bidar district, Karnataka, the 94th-largest of 98 villages in Aurad taluk. Literacy is 58%, 3 points above the taluk average of 55% and the sex ratio is 894 women per 1,000 men. It lies 89 km from the Bidar district centre, 18 km from Kerur, the nearest town, 24 km from Halbarga railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 585421, served by Santhpur post office; the LGD village code is 600066. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hedgapur Government Hospital, 8 km away. The village votes in Sedam assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Sharanprakash Rudrappa Patil. The population is estimated at 387 in 2026, up 13% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Santpur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kappekeri · this village | 341 | 58% | — |
| Aurad · Jevargi | 2,393 | 46% | 8.7 km N |
| Narasimhapura · Honnali | 28 | 71% | 9.1 km N |
| Ladha · Bhalki | 2,051 | 63% | 9.3 km S |
| Ladha · Aurad | 1,674 | 54% | 9.3 km S |
| Khandikeri · Aurad | 1,149 | 50% | 9.7 km NW |
| Nittur · Harapanahalli | 2,264 | 54% | 10 km SW |
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.
1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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.
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