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Marlanahalli observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Karatagi mandal is Gopala Krishnaswami Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Marlanahalli 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, Marlanahalli ranks #6 of 31 villages in Karatagi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marlanahalli is a village of 5,334 people in 1,167 households (Census 2011) in Karatagi taluk, Koppal district, Karnataka, the 6th-largest of 31 villages in Karatagi taluk. Literacy is 60%, 5 points above the taluk average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,037 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Koppal district centre, 4 km from Karatgi, the nearest town, 6 km from Karatagi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 583229, served by Karatgi post office; the LGD village code is 601688. Mapped within or next to the village: bank. The village votes in Hagaribommanahalli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nemarajanaik.K. The population is estimated at 6,056 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Marlanahalli →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlanahalli · this village | 5,334 | 60% | — |
| Yerdona · Karatagi | 6,980 | 55% | 3.2 km E |
| Karatgi · Karatagi | 29,991 | 62% | 3.7 km N |
| Jinnapur · Arakera | 1,118 | 47% | 6.5 km N |
| Bassapur · Arakera | 244 | 35% | 10.8 km N |
| Chirchanagudda · Kanakagiri | 1,687 | 50% | 12 km W |
| Acharnarsapur · Gangawati | 2,526 | 62% | 13.5 km SW |
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.
1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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