The principal temple recorded for Challakere mandal is Sri Guru Kanneshwara Dattavadhoota Ashrama. No temple of this dedication is on record within Gosikere 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
605406
Pincode
577538
Post office
Parasurampura
Population
1,613
Households
392
Literacy rate
57.5%
Sex ratio
1001 ♀/1000♂
Workers
1,035
Distance to district centre
33 km
Distance to mandal centre
14 km
Distance to Bengaluru
162 km
Distance to Chennai
394 km
Nearest railway station
Challakere · 20 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital, Doddachellur · 7 km
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Gosikere ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Gosikere ranks #79 of 195 villages in Challakere mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.5%
−1.7% vs mandal average
Gosikere57.5%
Challakere mandal59.2%
Chitradurga district65.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,001
+39 vs mandal average
Gosikere1,001
Challakere mandal962
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.7 vs mandal average
Gosikere4.1
Challakere mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Gosikere ఒక్క చూపులో
Gosikere కర్ణాటకలోని చిత్రదుర్గ జిల్లా, Challakere తాలూకాలో 1,613 జనాభా 392 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Challakere తాలూకాలోని 195 గ్రామాలలో 79వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 58%, తాలూకా సగటు 59% కంటే 2 పాయింట్లు తక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 1,001 మహిళలు. ఇది చిత్రదుర్గ జిల్లా కేంద్రం నుండి 33 కి.మీ, సమీప పట్టణం Mulakaledu నుండి 19 కి.మీ, Challakere రైల్వే స్టేషన్ నుండి 20 కి.మీ ఉంది (సరళ రేఖ దూరాలు). పిన్కోడ్ 577538, Parasurampura పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 605406. సమీప ఆసుపత్రి/ఆరోగ్య కేంద్రం Government Hospital, Doddachellur, 7 కి.మీ దూరంలో. గ్రామం Challakere అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే T. Raghumurthy. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 1,902, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
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
Gosikere — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
1,613
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Population · 2026
1,902
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
392
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Households · 2026
462
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
1,613Census 2011
Households
392Census 2011
Literacy rate
57.5%Census 2011
Sex ratio
1001 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
1,9022026 proj. · +17.9% vs 2011
Est. households
4622026 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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