Guhya observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
By population, Guhya ranks #9 of 44 villages in Virajpet mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Guhya is a village of 2,924 people in 702 households (Census 2011) in Virajpet taluk, Kodagu district, Karnataka, the 9th-largest of 44 villages in Virajpet taluk. Literacy is 73%, about the same as the taluk average of 73% and the sex ratio is 1,053 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Kodagu district centre, 31 km from Ayyankunnu, the nearest town, 60 km from Krishnaraja Nagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 571253, served by Siddapura-Kodagu post office; the LGD village code is 618023. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school. The village votes in Madikeri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Mantar Gowda. The population is estimated at 3,447 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Siddapura →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guhya · this village | 2,924 | 73% | — |
| Puliyeri · Virajpet | 2,285 | 69% | 2 km SE |
| Kannangala · Virajpet | 2,256 | 73% | 3.2 km SW |
| Karadigodu · Virajpet | 5,046 | 73% | 5.3 km NE |
| Arekadu · Madikeri | 1,841 | 65% | 5.9 km NW |
| Abyathamangala · Kushalanagar | 2,446 | 65% | 6.7 km N |
| Halugunda · Virajpet | 3,446 | 77% | 7.7 km W |
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.
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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