Handikhera observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
By population, Handikhera ranks #11 of 53 villages in Kamalnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Handikhera is a village of 2,874 people in 528 households (Census 2011) in Kamalnagar taluk, Bidar district, Karnataka, the 11th-largest of 53 villages in Kamalnagar taluk. Literacy is 59%, 3 points below the taluk average of 62% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 585443, served by Mudhol (B) post office; the LGD village code is 599988. The village votes in Basavakalyan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sharanu Salagar. The population is estimated at 3,388 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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