The principal temple recorded for Challakere mandal is Sri Guru Kanneshwara Dattavadhoota Ashrama. No temple of this dedication is on record within Hulikunte itself.
Mysuru Dasara in Karnataka
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.
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
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LGD code
605411
Pincode
577522
Post office
Challakere
Population
2,857
Households
599
Literacy rate
60.2%
Sex ratio
990 ♀/1000♂
Workers
1,624
Distance to district centre
18 km
Distance to mandal centre
12 km
Distance to Bengaluru
161 km
Distance to Chennai
401 km
Nearest railway station
Somaguddu · 19 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital, Yaraballi · 8 km
जनगणना 2011 · तुलनेत
Hulikunte ची तुलना
By population, Hulikunte ranks #18 of 195 villages in Challakere mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.2%
+1.0% vs mandal average
Hulikunte60.2%
Challakere mandal59.2%
Chitradurga district65.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
990
+28 vs mandal average
Hulikunte990
Challakere mandal962
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
Hulikunte4.8
Challakere mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Hulikunte एका दृष्टिक्षेपात
Hulikunte हे कर्नाटकच्या चित्रदुर्ग जिल्ह्यातील Challakere तालुकामधील 2,857 लोकसंख्येचे 599 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Challakere तालुकामधील 195 गावांत 18वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 60% आहे, तालुका सरासरी 59% पेक्षा 1 गुण जास्त आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 990 स्त्रिया. हे चित्रदुर्ग जिल्हा केंद्रापासून 18 किमी, जवळचे शहर Naikanahattiपासून 22 किमी, Somaguddu रेल्वे स्थानकापासून 19 किमी आहे (सरळ रेषेतील अंतर). पिनकोड 577522 आहे, Challakere पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 605411 आहे. जवळचे रुग्णालय Government Hospital, Yaraballi, 8 किमी अंतरावर. गाव Challakere विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार T. Raghumurthy. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 3,368, 2011 पेक्षा 18% जास्त.
Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-28
Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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Demographics — Census 2011 + 2026 estimate + NFHS-5
Population, education, health & sanitation
India's last full census was 2011 · 2026 figures are RGI projections · NFHS-5 (2019-21) covers the Chitradurga district level
Then & Now
Hulikunte — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
2,857
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Population · 2026
3,368
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
599
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Households · 2026
706
RGI / state CAGR projection
2011 = decadal Census of India. 2026 = forward-projection from state-level CAGR — working estimate, refines when the next Census publishes.
Census 2011
Canonical baseline · last full census · village-level
Population
2,857Census 2011
Households
599Census 2011
Literacy rate
60.2%Census 2011
Sex ratio
990 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
3,3682026 proj. · +17.9% vs 2011
Est. households
7062026 projection
Active job cards
1,77,179MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
HHs worked (FY)
1,18,919MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
State electorate
5,37,39,456ECI Lok Sabha 2024 final roll
NFHS-5 (2019-21)
National Family Health Survey · district overlay
Sex ratio @ birth
1,050NFHS-5 district
Female literacy
75.6%NFHS-5 district
Electricity
99.8%NFHS-5 district
Improved sanitation
63.1%NFHS-5 district
Children vaccinated
—NFHS-5 district
Anaemia (women)
44.6%NFHS-5 district
Post-2011 updates
Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes
Tap water at homedistrict level
70.9%Jal Jeevan Mission · Dec 2023 · Chitradurga district
Rural houses builtdistrict level
1,46,837PMAY-G · 1,46,837 of 9,44,140 sanctioned · Mar 2025 · Chitradurga district
Toilets builtdistrict level
3,93,278Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin · Dec 2023 · Chitradurga district
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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