Kergal observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Bainduru mandal is Sri Panchamukhi Ganapathi. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kergal 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, Kergal ranks #15 of 26 villages in Bainduru mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kergal is a village of 3,390 people in 602 households (Census 2011) in Bainduru taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka, the 15th-largest of 26 villages in Bainduru taluk. Literacy is 70%, 4 points below the taluk average of 74% and the sex ratio is 1,344 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 576219, served by Khambadakone post office; the LGD village code is 608666. The village votes in Sagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Belur Gopalkrishna. The population is estimated at 3,997 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kergal →
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.
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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