Karnataka govt begins relocation of 11k seized vehicles to Bengaluru outskirts
Reported by The Times of India.
Malwad observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Haliyal mandal is Basavanna temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Malwad 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, Malwad ranks #79 of 99 villages in Haliyal mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malwad is a village of 116 people in 25 households (Census 2011) in Haliyal taluk, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, the 79th-largest of 99 villages in Haliyal taluk. Literacy is 47%, 12 points below the taluk average of 60% and the sex ratio is 813 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 581356, served by Tergaon post office; the LGD village code is 602841. The village votes in Kalghatgi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Santosh S Lad. The population is estimated at 137 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mangalwad →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malwad · this village | 116 | 47% | — |
| Mangalawad · Haliyal | 3,455 | 64% | — |
| Pala · Haliyal | 701 | 76% | — |
| Kalasapur · Haliyal | 182 | 64% | — |
| Ambodaga · Haliyal | 0 | — | — |
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.
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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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