Kikkeri observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
Temples near Kikkeri
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Krishnarajpet mandal is Pattaladamma Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kikkeri 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, Kikkeri ranks #1 of 316 villages in Krishnarajpet mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kikkeri is a village of 4,108 people in 1,049 households (Census 2011) in Krishnarajpet taluk, Mandya district, Karnataka, the largest of 316 villages in Krishnarajpet taluk. Literacy is 76%, 13 points above the taluk average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,004 women per 1,000 men. It lies 51 km from the Mandya district centre, 55 km from Gandhinagar, the nearest town, 6 km from Mandagere railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 571423, served by Kikkeri post office; the LGD village code is 613399. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, <1 km away. The village votes in Nagamangala assembly constituency, represented by MLA N. Chaluvarayaswamy. The population is estimated at 4,664 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kikkeri →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kikkeri · this village | 4,108 | 76% | — |
| Kikkeri · Tirthahalli | 254 | 75% | 0 km N |
| Kodimaranahalli · Krishnarajpet | 565 | 56% | 2.5 km SE |
| Ankanahalli · Arkalgud | 80 | 65% | 3.2 km N |
| Ankanahalli · Heggadadevankote | 43 | 61% | 3.2 km N |
| Ankanahalli · Hunsur | 867 | 53% | 3.2 km N |
| Ankanahalli · Arkalgud | 1,408 | 67% | 3.2 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.
8 Temples 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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