Ghotala observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Basavakalyan mandal is Sri Veerendra Patil Kalyana Mantapa ವೀರೇಂದ್ರ ಪಾಟೀಲ್ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ್ ಮಂಟಪ. No temple of this dedication is on record within Ghotala itself.
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, Ghotala ranks #12 of 97 villages in Basavakalyan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghotala is a village of 4,169 people in 847 households (Census 2011) in Basavakalyan taluk, Bidar district, Karnataka, the 12th-largest of 97 villages in Basavakalyan taluk. Literacy is 57%, about the same as the taluk average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,026 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Bidar district centre, 17 km from Rajeshwar, the nearest town, 37 km from Hallikhed K. railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 585327, served by Basavakalyan post office; the LGD village code is 599776. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital Kasar Shirsi, 7 km away. The village votes in Gulbarga Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basawaraj Mattimudu. The population is estimated at 4,733 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
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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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