Basrihal observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Kanakagiri mandal is Tadkal Hanuman Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Basrihal 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, Basrihal ranks #14 of 64 villages in Kanakagiri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basrihal is a village of 1,667 people in 266 households (Census 2011) in Kanakagiri taluk, Koppal district, Karnataka, the 14th-largest of 64 villages in Kanakagiri taluk. Literacy is 47%, 7 points below the taluk average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,006 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 583283, served by Kanakgiri post office; the LGD village code is 601564. The village votes in Manvi assembly constituency, represented by MLA G Hampayya Nayak. The population is estimated at 1,893 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Basarihal →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basrihal · this village | 1,667 | 47% | — |
| Somsagara · Kanakagiri | 1,340 | 57% | — |
| Hulsanhatti · Kanakagiri | 1,123 | 57% | — |
| Bailakampur · Kanakagiri | 862 | 45% | — |
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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