Daroji 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, Daroji ranks #1 of 84 villages in Sandur mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Daroji is a village of 10,993 people in 2,301 households (Census 2011) in Sandur taluk, Ballari district, Karnataka, the largest of 84 villages in Sandur taluk. Literacy is 49%, 3 points below the taluk average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,025 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Ballari district centre, 20 km from Kurugodu, the nearest town, 6 km from Daroji railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 583129, served by Devalapura (Bellary) post office; the LGD village code is 605015. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Sandur assembly constituency, represented by MLA E. Tukaram. The population is estimated at 12,961 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Daroji →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daroji · this village | 10,993 | 49% | — |
| Kondapura · Sandur | 328 | — | 2.8 km SE |
| Malapur · Sandur | 1,155 | 39% | 2.8 km SE |
| Rajapur · Sandur | 2,696 | 47% | 2.8 km SE |
| Basapura · Sandur | 0 | — | 2.8 km SE |
| Jiginahalli · Sandur | 1,417 | 56% | 3.4 km E |
| Sovenahalli · Sandur | 3,577 | 47% | 3.7 km E |
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.
2 Mosques mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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