Karur observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
By population, Karur ranks #5 of 106 villages in Ranibennur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karur is a village of 6,328 people in 1,296 households (Census 2011) in Ranibennur taluk, Haveri district, Karnataka, the 5th-largest of 106 villages in Ranibennur taluk. Literacy is 67%, about the same as the taluk average of 66% and the sex ratio is 948 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 581145, served by Chalageri post office; the LGD village code is 604504. The village votes in Shirahatti assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr.Chandru Lamani. The population is estimated at 7,461 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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