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Hanchiguli observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Kanakapura mandal is Shanimahatma Swamy Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Hanchiguli itself.
Nadahabba — the state festival. Bombe Habba doll steps at home; Mysuru Dasara is the public form, the Jamboo Savari procession on Vijayadashami carrying the Chamundeshwari idol on a decorated elephant.
The regional form observed across Karnataka. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Hanchiguli ranks #88 of 168 villages in Kanakapura mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hanchiguli is a village of 771 people in 166 households (Census 2011) in Kanakapura taluk, Ramanagara district, Karnataka, the 88th-largest of 168 villages in Kanakapura taluk. Literacy is 47%, 9 points below the taluk average of 56% and the sex ratio is 967 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 562119, served by Kodihalli post office; the LGD village code is 626585. The village votes in Kanakapura assembly constituency, represented by MLA D K Shivakumar. The population is estimated at 909 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Arakere →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanchiguli · this village | 771 | 47% | — |
| Halasuru · Kanakapura | 2,083 | 58% | — |
| Doddaguli · Kanakapura | 1,462 | 54% | — |
| Garalapura · Kanakapura | 1,079 | 51% | — |
| Gollahalli · Harohalli | 1,033 | 53% | — |
| Arakere · Kanakapura | 949 | 50% | — |
| Kebre · Kanakapura | 680 | 49% | — |
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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