Kunthur observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Sringeri mandal is Mullayyanagiri Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kunthur 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, Kunthur ranks #10 of 49 villages in Sringeri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kunthur is a village of 854 people in 218 households (Census 2011) in Sringeri taluk, Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka, the 10th-largest of 49 villages in Sringeri taluk. Literacy is 81%, 2 points above the taluk average of 79% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. It lies 196 km from the Chikkamagaluru district centre, 8 km from Sathegala, the nearest town, 24 km from Badanaguppe railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577139, served by Sringeri post office; the LGD village code is 608959. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Yelandur, 8 km away. The village votes in Chikmagalur assembly constituency, represented by MLA H. D. Thammaiah. The population is estimated at 1,007 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kunthur · this village | 854 | 81% | — |
| Kunthur · Malavalli | 953 | 56% | 0 km N |
| Kunthur · Kollegal | 4,094 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Kinakahalli · Yelandur | 1,634 | 57% | 2.4 km SE |
| Chilakavadi · Kollegal | 1,996 | 63% | 2.9 km SW |
| Teramballi · Kollegal | 2,256 | 56% | 3.3 km NE |
| Kaliyuru · Tirumakudal - Narsipur | 3,718 | 48% | 3.3 km N |
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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