Halekere observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
Temples near Halekere
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Mudigere mandal is Kalhatti Veerabhadreshwara Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Halekere itself.
Nadahabba — the state festival. Bombe Habba doll steps at home; Mysuru Dasara is the public form, the Jamboo Savari procession on Vijayadashami carrying the Chamundeshwari idol on a decorated elephant.
The regional form observed across Karnataka. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Halekere ranks #62 of 127 villages in Mudigere mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Halekere is a village of 459 people in 115 households (Census 2011) in Mudigere taluk, Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka, the 62nd-largest of 127 villages in Mudigere taluk. Literacy is 85%, 16 points above the taluk average of 68% and the sex ratio is 987 women per 1,000 men. It lies 161 km from the Chikkamagaluru district centre, 47 km from Naikanahatti, the nearest town, 5 km from Molakalmuru railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577132, served by Mudigere post office; the LGD village code is 609998. The nearest hospital or health centre is Molakalmuru Taluk Government Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Chikmagalur assembly constituency, represented by MLA H. D. Thammaiah. The population is estimated at 521 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Hanthuru →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halekere · this village | 459 | 85% | — |
| Halekere · Sakleshpur | 303 | 64% | 0 km N |
| Hanagal · Molakalmuru | 2,860 | 60% | 1 km W |
| Megalahatti · Molakalmuru | — | — | 2.5 km NE |
| Bommalinganahalli · Molakalmuru | 1,468 | 53% | 3 km NW |
| Gundluru · Molakalmuru | 588 | 77% | 3.5 km S |
| Molakalmuru · Molakalmuru | — | — | 4.1 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.
4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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