Hatwal observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
Temples near Hatwal
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Heggadadevankote mandal is Kodandarama Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Hatwal 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.
Mysuru Dasara is Karnataka's Nadahabba, its state festival, kept for more than four centuries from the Vijayanagara period and onward through the Wadiyars. It closes on Vijayadashami with the Jamboo Savari, when the idol of Chamundeshwari is carried through the city in a golden howdah on the lead elephant, followed by cavalry, tableaux and folk troupes.
By population, Hatwal ranks #30 of 180 villages in Heggadadevankote mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hatwal is a village of 1,587 people in 363 households (Census 2011) in Heggadadevankote taluk, Mysuru district, Karnataka, the 30th-largest of 180 villages in Heggadadevankote taluk. Literacy is 50%, 7 points below the taluk average of 56% and the sex ratio is 976 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Mysuru district centre, 35 km from Gandhinagar, the nearest town, 2 km from Hampapura railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 571125, served by Hampapura (H D Kote) post office; the LGD village code is 618966. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 2 km away. The village votes in Krishnarajanagara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ravishankar D. The population is estimated at 1,871 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kanchamalli →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatwal · this village | 1,587 | 50% | — |
| Shirmahalli · Heggadadevankote | 1,785 | 49% | 1.4 km SW |
| Chamahalli · Heggadadevankote | 598 | 49% | 1.4 km SW |
| Chamanahalli · Heggadadevankote | 1,031 | 46% | 1.4 km SW |
| Chootnahalli · Heggadadevankote | 31 | 48% | 1.4 km SW |
| Karapura · Heggadadevankote | 265 | 57% | 2.9 km NE |
| Madapura · Heggadadevankote | 2,838 | 60% | 2.9 km NE |
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 Temple, 1 Mosque 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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