Kestur observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
By population, Kestur ranks #1 of 77 villages in Krishnarajanagara mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kestur is a village of 5,642 people in 1,275 households (Census 2011) in Krishnarajanagara taluk, Mysuru district, Karnataka, the largest of 77 villages in Krishnarajanagara taluk. Literacy is 57%, 3 points below the taluk average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,003 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 571602, served by Krishna Raja Nagar post office; the LGD village code is 618626. The village votes in Krishnarajpet assembly constituency, represented by MLA H. T. Manju. The population is estimated at 6,652 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kesthur →
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.
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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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