Samse observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
Temples near Samse
Named places of worship on record
By population, Samse ranks #2 of 13 villages in Kalasa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Samse is a village of 5,064 people in 1,162 households (Census 2011) in Kalasa taluk, Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka, the 2nd-largest of 13 villages in Kalasa taluk. Literacy is 69%, 1 points below the taluk average of 70% and the sex ratio is 965 women per 1,000 men. It lies 73 km from the Chikkamagaluru district centre, 6 km from Kalasa, the nearest town, 47 km from Neralakatte railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577124, served by Kalasa post office; the LGD village code is 609892. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Balehole, 13 km away. The village votes in Mudigere assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nayana Motamma. The population is estimated at 5,970 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Samse →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samse · this village | 5,064 | 69% | — |
| Samse · Chikkamagaluru | 43 | 77% | 0 km N |
| Kalasa · Kalasa | 11,198 | 73% | 5.5 km NE |
| Marasanige · Kalasa | 2,679 | 68% | 6.2 km E |
| Abrugodige Estate · Mudigere | 98 | 54% | 9.6 km E |
| Bettagere · Sringeri | 666 | 79% | 11.1 km SE |
| Bettagere · Mudigere | 874 | 70% | 11.1 km SE |
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.
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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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