Kagal observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
Temples near Kagal
Named places of worship on record
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, Kagal ranks #3 of 119 villages in Kumta mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kagal is a village of 4,081 people in 838 households (Census 2011) in Kumta taluk, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, the 3rd-largest of 119 villages in Kumta taluk. Literacy is 82%, 6 points above the taluk average of 76% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. It lies 212 km from the Uttara Kannada district centre, 5 km from Kasaba Sangaon, the nearest town, 14 km from Valivade railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 581351, served by Gudeangadi post office; the LGD village code is 603432. The nearest hospital or health centre is Narayan Hospital, <1 km away. The village votes in Sirsi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhimanna T. Naik. The population is estimated at 4,811 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kagal →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kagal · this village | 4,081 | 82% | — |
| Kagal · Kagal | — | — | 0 km N |
| Lingnur Dumala · Kagal | 3,018 | 70% | 2.8 km SE |
| Kasaba Sangaon · Kagal | 11,182 | 70% | 5.1 km E |
| Sulagaon · Nippani | 1,329 | 71% | 5.7 km SW |
| Mattiwade · Hukeri | 1,886 | 68% | 6.2 km S |
| Mattiwade · Nippani | 2,088 | 63% | 6.2 km S |
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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