Akkigund observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
By population, Akkigund ranks #17 of 38 villages in Laxmeshwar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Akkigund is a village of 1,557 people in 315 households (Census 2011) in Laxmeshwar taluk, Gadag district, Karnataka, the 17th-largest of 38 villages in Laxmeshwar taluk. Literacy is 54%, 8 points below the taluk average of 62% and the sex ratio is 908 women per 1,000 men. It lies 47 km from the Gadag district centre, 11 km from Kallur, the nearest town, 17 km from Kalas railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 582116, served by Lakshmeshwar post office; the LGD village code is 602063. The nearest hospital or health centre is Taluka Government Hospital, 9 km away. The village votes in Haveri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rudrappa Manappa Lamani. The population is estimated at 1,836 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gojnuru →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkigund · this village | 1,557 | 54% | — |
| Gojanur · Laxmeshwar | 3,517 | 66% | 1.9 km W |
| Shettikeri · Laxmeshwar | 741 | 61% | 3.4 km E |
| Adarakatti · Laxmeshwar | 2,366 | 69% | 6.5 km SW |
| Nadigatti · Laxmeshwar | 905 | 51% | 8.2 km SE |
| Harti · Gadag | 4,005 | 64% | 8.4 km SW |
| Yalavatti · Hangal | 3,106 | 67% | 8.7 km NW |
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.
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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