Basapura observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Molakalmuru mandal is Datta Paduka Audumbareshwara Kshetra. No temple of this dedication is on record within Basapura 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, Basapura ranks #56 of 89 villages in Molakalmuru mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basapura is a village of 660 people in 137 households (Census 2011) in Molakalmuru taluk, Chitradurga district, Karnataka, the 56th-largest of 89 villages in Molakalmuru taluk. Literacy is 56%, about the same as the taluk average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,037 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Chitradurga district centre, 18 km from Mulakaledu, the nearest town, 20 km from Talaku railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577537, served by Obalapura post office; the LGD village code is 605165. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bedareddihalli, 14 km away. The village votes in Molakalmuru assembly constituency, represented by MLA N.Y.Gopalakrishna. The population is estimated at 778 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: J.B.Halli →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basapura · this village | 660 | 56% | — |
| Bhyravanithippa · Brahmasamudram | 4,243 | 49% | 2.6 km N |
| Renukapura · Challakere | 2,217 | 59% | 4 km SW |
| Budihalli · Malur | 0 | — | 4.7 km SW |
| Gundiganihalli · Brahmasamudram | 1,510 | 59% | 5.3 km NE |
| Bhoganahalli · Bengaluru East | 854 | — | 5.8 km W |
| Bhoganahalli · Piriyapatna | 854 | 44% | 5.8 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.
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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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