Devikera observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
By population, Devikera ranks #24 of 109 villages in Shorapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Devikera is a village of 2,331 people in 362 households (Census 2011) in Shorapur taluk, Yadgir district, Karnataka, the 24th-largest of 109 villages in Shorapur taluk. Literacy is 39%, 4 points below the taluk average of 43% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Yadgir district centre, 8 km from Sagar, the nearest town, 41 km from Thangundi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 585304, served by Bijaspur post office; the LGD village code is 621042. Mapped within or next to the village: high school, primary health centre. The village votes in Shorapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raja Venkatappa Naik. The population is estimated at 2,647 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Devikera →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devikera · this village | 2,331 | 39% | — |
| Sagar · Shahpur | 12,598 | 43% | 7.7 km N |
| Adilapura · Shahpur | — | — | 9.1 km N |
| Dariyapur · Shahpur | 1,233 | 24% | 9.1 km N |
| Dariyapura · Kalaburagi | — | — | 9.1 km N |
| Shettikera · Yadgir | 2,142 | 31% | 9.5 km NW |
| Shettikera · Shahpur | 2,278 | 35% | 9.5 km NW |
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.
8 Mosques mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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