Malkapur observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
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, Malkapur ranks #96 of 109 villages in Shorapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malkapur is a village of 242 people in 49 households (Census 2011) in Shorapur taluk, Yadgir district, Karnataka, the 96th-largest of 109 villages in Shorapur taluk. Literacy is 50%, 8 points above the taluk average of 43% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 585290, served by Kumbarpeth post office; the LGD village code is 620897. The village votes in Shorapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raja Venkatappa Naik. The population is estimated at 285 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Yaktapur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malkapur · this village | 242 | 50% | — |
| Muneerbommanhalli · Shorapur | 1,428 | 60% | — |
| Chincholi · Shorapur | 1,272 | 51% | — |
| Bendartalhalli · Shorapur | 1,207 | 40% | — |
| Yektapur · Shorapur | 1,118 | 55% | — |
| Wandgnoor · Shorapur | 1,070 | 45% | — |
| Alhal · Shorapur | 1,044 | 46% | — |
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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