Turuvanur observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
Temples near Turuvanur
Named places of worship on record
By population, Turuvanur ranks #4 of 194 villages in Chitradurga mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Turuvanur is a village of 6,660 people in 1,455 households (Census 2011) in Chitradurga taluk, Chitradurga district, Karnataka, the 4th-largest of 194 villages in Chitradurga taluk. Literacy is 67%, about the same as the taluk average of 66% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Chitradurga district centre, 28 km from Naikanahatti, the nearest town, 2 km from Chitradurga railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577517, served by Turuvanur post office; the LGD village code is 605496. The nearest hospital or health centre is Krupadevi Hospital, <1 km away. The village votes in Chitradurga assembly constituency, represented by MLA K.C.Veerendra Puppy. The population is estimated at 7,852 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Turuvanur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turuvanur · this village | 6,660 | 67% | — |
| Bharamasagara · Chitradurga | 7,449 | 70% | 0 km N |
| Doddasiddavvanahalli · Chitradurga | 7,084 | 70% | 0 km N |
| Mallanakatte · Chitradurga | 1,869 | 65% | 3.1 km NW |
| Kavadigarahatti · Chitradurga | 2,312 | 67% | 3.1 km NW |
| Jalikatte · Chitradurga | 1,465 | 70% | 4.2 km W |
| Jalikatte · Honnali | 0 | — | 4.2 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.
6 Temples, 2 Mosques mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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