Budakunti observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
By population, Budakunti ranks #48 of 86 villages in Yelbarga mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Budakunti is a village of 1,102 people in 187 households (Census 2011) in Yelbarga taluk, Koppal district, Karnataka, the 48th-largest of 86 villages in Yelbarga taluk. Literacy is 53%, about the same as the taluk average of 54% and the sex ratio is 989 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Koppal district centre, 26 km from Hanamsagar, the nearest town, 4 km from Linganabandi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 583277, served by Kushtagi post office; the LGD village code is 601269. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Chikwankal Kunta, 7 km away. The village votes in Koppal assembly constituency, represented by MLA K. Raghavendra Basavaraj Hitnal. The population is estimated at 1,251 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mataladinni →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budakunti · this village | 1,102 | 53% | — |
| Nerebenchi · Kushtagi | 1,209 | 54% | 2.7 km NW |
| Guntamadu · Yelbarga | 605 | 45% | 9.6 km NE |
| Hulegudda · Yelbarga | 1,795 | 38% | 10.9 km SW |
| Tengunti · Kushtagi | 1,737 | 52% | 13.4 km NE |
| Challari · Koppal | 1,567 | 49% | 15 km SE |
| Achartimmapur · Koppal | 112 | 31% | 15.9 km SE |
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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