Shigli 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, Shigli ranks #1 of 38 villages in Laxmeshwar mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shigli is a village of 11,159 people in 2,367 households (Census 2011) in Laxmeshwar taluk, Gadag district, Karnataka, the largest of 38 villages in Laxmeshwar taluk. Literacy is 69%, 8 points above the taluk average of 62% and the sex ratio is 997 women per 1,000 men. It lies 61 km from the Gadag district centre, 24 km from Kallur, the nearest town, 7 km from Yalavigi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 582210, served by Shigli post office; the LGD village code is 602082. Mapped within or next to the village: bank. The village votes in Haveri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rudrappa Manappa Lamani. The population is estimated at 13,156 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Shigli →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shigli · this village | 11,159 | 69% | — |
| Shyabala · Shiggaon | 735 | 67% | 2.3 km E |
| Ullatti · Laxmeshwar | 575 | 58% | 3 km NE |
| Basavanakoppa · Shiggaon | 211 | 50% | 4.2 km S |
| Undenahalli · Laxmeshwar | 1,235 | 59% | 6.6 km E |
| Haradagatti · Laxmeshwar | 1,540 | 49% | 6.9 km NE |
| Harti · Gadag | 4,005 | 64% | 7 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.
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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