Doddaghatta 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, Doddaghatta ranks #76 of 158 villages in Hiriyur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Doddaghatta is a village of 1,128 people in 240 households (Census 2011) in Hiriyur taluk, Chitradurga district, Karnataka, the 76th-largest of 158 villages in Hiriyur taluk. Literacy is 58%, 6 points below the taluk average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,043 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 577598, served by Hiriyur post office; the LGD village code is 606142. The village votes in Hiriyur assembly constituency, represented by MLA D Sudakar. The population is estimated at 746 in 2026, down 34% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kunikere →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doddaghatta · this village | 1,128 | 58% | — |
| Kunikere · Hiriyur | 3,003 | 62% | — |
| Lakkavvanahalli · Hiriyur | 1,325 | 61% | — |
| Huchavvanahalli · Hiriyur | 1,295 | 70% | — |
| Katrikenahalli · Hiriyur | 786 | 69% | — |
| Mayasandra · Hiriyur | 738 | 57% | — |
| Yarekenagenahalli · Hiriyur | 30 | 60% | — |
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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