Lead story
16
September 2026
newsSTATE
Ex-soldier, daughter killed during property dispute in Karnataka
Reported by The Siasat Daily.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Information not yet available
No sarpanch on record yet. Sign in to add it — verified residents publish it directly, others need one community vouch.
- LGD code
- 606114
- Pincode
- 577598
- Post office
- Hiriyur
- Population
- 1,799
- Households
- 384
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Sex ratio
- 939 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 966
- Distance to district centre
- 17 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 149 km
- Distance to Chennai
- 396 km
- Nearest railway station
- Somaguddu · 31 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Hariyabbe · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Eswaragere compares
By population, Eswaragere ranks #44 of 158 villages in Hiriyur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.4%
−3.4% vs mandal average
- Eswaragere
- 60.4%
- Hiriyur mandal
- 63.8%
- Chitradurga district
- 65.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
939
−41 vs mandal average
- Eswaragere
- 939
- Hiriyur mandal
- 980
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Eswaragere
- 4.7
- Hiriyur mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Eswaragere at a glance
Eswaragere is a village of 1,799 people in 384 households (Census 2011) in Hiriyur taluk, Chitradurga district, Karnataka, the 44th-largest of 158 villages in Hiriyur taluk. Literacy is 60%, 3 points below the taluk average of 64% and the sex ratio is 939 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Chitradurga district centre, 28 km from Amarapuram, the nearest town, 31 km from Somaguddu railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577598, served by Hiriyur post office; the LGD village code is 606114. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Hariyabbe, 8 km away. The village votes in Hiriyur assembly constituency, represented by MLA D Sudakar. The population is estimated at 2,121 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Eshwaragere →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eswaragere · this village | 1,799 | 60% | — |
| Devarakotta · Hiriyur | 929 | 66% | 1.7 km NW |
| Abbinahole · Hiriyur | 1,509 | 70% | 2.2 km NE |
| Kambadahalli · Hiriyur | 358 | 41% | 3.2 km NW |
| Byadarahalli · Kadur | 554 | 61% | 3.6 km W |
| Byadarahalli · Hiriyur | 3,279 | 70% | 3.6 km W |
| Chillahalli · Hiriyur | 1,446 | 69% | 3.8 km NE |
Complete this village · 2/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch nameWho leads the gram panchayat today
- Panchayat contactA number residents can call
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Eswaragere
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HIRIYUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ESWARAGERE
- Total area (ha)
- 879.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 123.58
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Eswaragere
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Eswaragere
- LGD code
- 606114
- Pincode
- 577598
- Post office
- Hiriyur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,799
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,121
- Households
- 384
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 939
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Coordinates
- 14.02478°N, 76.74157°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Chitradurga
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hiriyur
- Member of Parliament
- Govind Karjol
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- D Sudakar
- Block / Mandal
- Hiriyur
Getting there
How to reach Eswaragere
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bengaluru149 kmcapital
- Chennai396 km
- Hyderabad418 km
- Mumbai696 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSomaguddu31 km
- Bus stopHiriyuru16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Hariyabbe8 km
- ATM / bankSyndicate Bank24 km
- Petrol pumpRavishankar Filling Station25 km
- CollegeGnana Vikas Polytechnic40 km
- Police stationAimangala Police Station24 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 577598
Villages near Eswaragere
Other villages in Hiriyur mandal
View all 60+ →- Adivala
- Kanajanahalli
- Maskal
- Javanagondanahalli
- Dharmapura
- Yelladakere
- Hariyabbe
- Bharamapura
- Bharamagiri
- Kariyala
- Dindavara
- Harthikote
- Yelanadu
- Alur
- Khandenahalli
- Byadarahalli
- Huvinahole
- Kunikere
- Kodihalli
- Hemadala
- Babbur
- Myakalurahalli
- Sooragondanahalli
- Palavvanahalli
- Vanivilasapura
- Shravanagere
- Burujanaroppa
- Pilali
- Rangenahalli
- Hindasakatte
- Halagaladdi
- Maradihalli
- Chikkasiddavvanahalli
- Sondekere
- Uppalagere
- Maradidevigere
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)