By population, Mankalkeri ranks #164 of 178 villages in Kushtagi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mankalkeri is a village of 164 people in 34 households (Census 2011) in Kushtagi taluk, Koppal district, Karnataka, the 164th-largest of 178 villages in Kushtagi taluk. Literacy is 38%, 17 points below the taluk average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,103 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 583278, served by Dotihal post office; the LGD village code is 601482. The village votes in Hungund assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kashappanavara Vijayanand Shivashankrappa. The population is estimated at 186 in 2026, up 13% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bijakal →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mankalkeri · this village | 164 | 38% | — |
| Bijakal · Kushtagi | 2,583 | 52% | — |
| Kawalbodur · Kushtagi | 1,966 | 43% | — |
| Tengunti · Kushtagi | 1,737 | 52% | — |
| Gudadur(M) · Kushtagi | 1,633 | 70% | — |
| Tekkalki · Kushtagi | 1,348 | 49% | — |
| Hosur(K) · Kushtagi | 520 | 56% | — |
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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