Kotha observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
Temples near Kotha
Named places of worship on record
By population, Kotha ranks #3 of 140 villages in Lingsugur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kotha is a village of 5,229 people in 848 households (Census 2011) in Lingsugur taluk, Raichur district, Karnataka, the 3rd-largest of 140 villages in Lingsugur taluk. Literacy is 43%, 4 points below the taluk average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,002 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Raichur district centre, 5 km from Gurgunta, the nearest town, 55 km from Sindhanur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 584139, served by Gurgunta post office; the LGD village code is 600472. The nearest hospital or health centre is HGM Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Maski assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basan Gouda Turvihal. The population is estimated at 6,165 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kota →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kotha · this village | 5,229 | 43% | — |
| Gurgunta · Lingsugur | 12,898 | 41% | 5.5 km N |
| Yaradona · Lingsugur | 1,900 | 53% | 7.8 km W |
| Honnahalli · Lingsugur | 2,777 | 57% | 8.7 km W |
| Bandebhavi · Lingsugur | 2,075 | 38% | 9.6 km NE |
| Aidbhavi · Lingsugur | 2,507 | 37% | 10.2 km NW |
| Atnur · Sirwar | 4,686 | 47% | 12.8 km E |
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.
5 Temples, 1 Mosque, 1 Church 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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