Hostot observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Siddapur mandal is Rameswara Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Hostot 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, Hostot ranks #46 of 197 villages in Siddapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hostot is a village of 568 people in 121 households (Census 2011) in Siddapur taluk, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, the 46th-largest of 197 villages in Siddapur taluk. Literacy is 82%, 8 points above the taluk average of 75% and the sex ratio is 875 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 581331, served by Heggarni post office; the LGD village code is 603552. The village votes in Sorab assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhu Bangarappa. The population is estimated at 670 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Heggarani →
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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