Urki observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
Temples near Urki
Named places of worship on record
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 Urki 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, Urki ranks #71 of 97 villages in Basavakalyan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Urki is a village of 1,110 people in 218 households (Census 2011) in Basavakalyan taluk, Bidar district, Karnataka, the 71st-largest of 97 villages in Basavakalyan taluk. Literacy is 57%, about the same as the taluk average of 57% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Bidar district centre, 14 km from Rajeshwar, the nearest town, 27 km from Kamalapura railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 585419, served by Matala post office; the LGD village code is 599787. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school. The village votes in Gulbarga Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basawaraj Mattimudu. The population is estimated at 1,260 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gundur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urki · this village | 1,110 | 57% | — |
| Mannalli · Basavakalyan | 678 | 67% | 5.7 km W |
| Halli · Sirwar | 278 | 58% | 5.8 km NE |
| Halli · Basavakalyan | 1,925 | 55% | 5.8 km NE |
| Umapur · Basavakalyan | 1,148 | 56% | 6.3 km N |
| Hipparga Ghat · Basavakalyan | 2,355 | 50% | 6.5 km SE |
| Dhaktiwadi · Omarga | 887 | 62% | 8.1 km W |
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 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
2 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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