Chilkunda observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
Temples near Chilkunda
Named places of worship on record
By population, Chilkunda ranks #11 of 213 villages in Hunsur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chilkunda is a village of 3,049 people in 726 households (Census 2011) in Hunsur taluk, Mysuru district, Karnataka, the 11th-largest of 213 villages in Hunsur taluk. Literacy is 63%, 6 points above the taluk average of 57% and the sex ratio is 921 women per 1,000 men. It lies 54 km from the Mysuru district centre, 52 km from Gandhinagar, the nearest town, 25 km from Krishnaraja Nagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 571105, served by Hunsur post office; the LGD village code is 618336. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, high school, anganwadi, primary health centre, bank and more. The village votes in Krishnarajpet assembly constituency, represented by MLA H. T. Manju. The population is estimated at 3,462 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chilkunda →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chilkunda · this village | 3,049 | 63% | — |
| Borehosahalli · Piriyapatna | 1,070 | 67% | 1.6 km SW |
| Habbanakuppe · Hunsur | 1,303 | 75% | 2.5 km N |
| Kanagal · Piriyapatna | 2,647 | 61% | 2.9 km SW |
| Kanagal · Hunsur | 1,129 | 50% | 2.9 km SW |
| Kampalapura · Piriyapatna | 4,721 | 68% | 3.1 km W |
| Kampalapura · Kunigal | 377 | 55% | 3.1 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.
7 Temples, 1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
10 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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