Ex-soldier, daughter killed during property dispute in Karnataka
Reported by The Siasat Daily.
By population, Taranal ranks #59 of 104 villages in Muddebihal mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Taranal is a village of 1,039 people in 221 households (Census 2011) in Muddebihal taluk, Vijayapura district, Karnataka, the 59th-largest of 104 villages in Muddebihal taluk. Literacy is 56%, about the same as the taluk average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,053 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 586116, served by Dhavalgi post office; the LGD village code is 599592. The village votes in Ron assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gurupadagouda Sanganagouda Patil. The population is estimated at 1,225 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Madikeshwar →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taranal · this village | 1,039 | 56% | — |
| Madikeshirur · Muddebihal | 2,923 | 57% | — |
| Balawat · Muddebihal | 1,609 | 58% | — |
| Handral · Muddebihal | 958 | 59% | — |
| Gudihal · Muddebihal | 846 | 56% | — |
| Nadahalli · Muddebihal | 322 | 64% | — |
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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