Ex-soldier, daughter killed during property dispute in Karnataka
Reported by The Siasat Daily.
Mayasandra observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
Temples near Mayasandra
Named places of worship on record
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, Mayasandra ranks #109 of 158 villages in Hiriyur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mayasandra is a village of 738 people in 165 households (Census 2011) in Hiriyur taluk, Chitradurga district, Karnataka, the 109th-largest of 158 villages in Hiriyur taluk. Literacy is 57%, 7 points below the taluk average of 64% and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. It lies 190 km from the Chitradurga district centre, 12 km from Thirupalya, the nearest town, 4 km from Maranayakanahalli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577599, served by Hiriyur Sugar Factory post office; the LGD village code is 606133. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shrinivasa Clinic, 3 km away. The village votes in Hiriyur assembly constituency, represented by MLA D Sudakar. The population is estimated at 870 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kunikere →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayasandra · this village | 738 | 57% | — |
| Mayasandra · Devanahalli | 333 | 68% | 0 km N |
| Mayasandra · Turuvekere | 3,778 | 78% | 0 km N |
| Mayasandra · Magadi | 737 | 76% | 0 km N |
| Mayasandra · Anekal | 3,659 | 64% | 0 km N |
| Mayasandra · Sira | 638 | 72% | 0 km N |
| Halehalli · Malur | 434 | 62% | 1.6 km S |
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.
5 Temples, 2 Mosques, 1 Church 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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