Kesthur observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
By population, Kesthur ranks #3 of 159 villages in Maddur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kesthur is a village of 5,685 people in 1,462 households (Census 2011) in Maddur taluk, Mandya district, Karnataka, the 3rd-largest of 159 villages in Maddur taluk. Literacy is 64%, 3 points above the taluk average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,019 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 571476, served by Kestur post office; the LGD village code is 614552. The village votes in Channapatna assembly constituency, represented by MLA H.D. Kumaraswamy. The population is estimated at 6,703 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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