Begar observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
Temples near Begar
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By population, Begar ranks #120 of 197 villages in Siddapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Begar is a village of 276 people in 61 households (Census 2011) in Siddapur taluk, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, the 120th-largest of 197 villages in Siddapur taluk. Literacy is 91%, 16 points above the taluk average of 75% and the sex ratio is 1,060 women per 1,000 men. It lies 143 km from the Uttara Kannada district centre, 34 km from Kalasa, the nearest town, 48 km from Barkur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 581322, served by Bilgi (Uttara Kannada) post office; the LGD village code is 603624. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sharada Dhanvantari Charitable Hospital, 10 km away. The village votes in Sorab assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhu Bangarappa. The population is estimated at 967 in 2026, up 250% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kyadagi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Begar · this village | 276 | 91% | — |
| Begar · Sringeri | 852 | 84% | 0 km N |
| Bidaragodu · Tirthahalli | 1,039 | 77% | 1.9 km NW |
| Shanuvalli · Koppa | 168 | 71% | 4 km E |
| Shanuvalli · Sorab | 626 | 57% | 4 km E |
| Holekoppa · Tirthahalli | 591 | 75% | 5.5 km SE |
| Holekoppa · Sorab | 224 | 50% | 5.5 km SE |
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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