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How the hills were counted
Published destination entries for 2024 and 2025, set beside the places this companion actually documents. These are historical records, not a live gate.
Recorded visits are destination entries, not necessarily unique travellers.
8.15M
Recorded destination visits
Across Chikkamagaluru district in 2025
+2.7%
Annual increase
Compared with the reported 2024 district total of 79,30,338
72
Places documented
Destinations currently published in this guide
District totals are the published district figures (79,30,338 in 2024; 81,46,973 in 2025). The five destination rows below do not add up to those totals, other locations are included in the district count.
Visitor patterns
Where recorded visits changed
Compare published destination visits for 2024 and 2025. These figures measure entries at destinations and may count one traveller more than once.
Datta Peetha
+98.1%
Sringeri
-42.9%
Horanadu
-28.1%
Kemmannugundi
+102.8%
Kalasa
+1.0%
| Destination | 2024 visits | 2025 visits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datta Peetha | 12,55,784 | 24,87,253 | +98.1% up |
| Sringeri | 35,37,777 | 20,21,279 | -42.9% down |
| Horanadu | 18,00,638 | 12,94,199 | -28.1% down |
| Kemmannugundi | 5,38,217 | 10,91,493 | +102.8% up |
| Kalasa | 7,97,922 | 8,05,882 | +1.0% up |
Among the five published destination rows, Datta Peetha recorded the most visits in 2025. Kemmannugundi had the largest percentage increase, while Sringeri and Horanadu recorded declines.
Source: Tourist Rush in Chikkamagaluru Hill Stations, Kannada Prabha, published 14 January 2026. Last reviewed 20 September 2026.
How to read this data
- Visits are not necessarily unique travellers.
- The five destination rows do not sum to the complete district total.
- No cause is assigned to increases or decreases.
- Figures are historical, not live.
Figures represent recorded visits at tourism destinations and may include the same person at multiple locations. They should not be interpreted as unique visitors.
Travel through the seasons
The hills change every month
Editorial notes from this companion’s seasonal chapter, not a rainfall graph, and not today’s weather.
Clear ridges, harvest air
This is the classic visiting window for viewpoints: cooler nights, clearer mornings on Mullayanagiri and Kemmanagundi, and the coffee harvest in many estates. Forests are generally more walkable than in the monsoon, but mist still arrives without warning.
Suitable experiences
Three places for this weather
On the road and in forest. Nights are cold on the peaks. Festival calendars belong to temples and the district site, not to this page.
Packing note. Carry a warm layer for ridge mornings. Mist can still close a view without warning.
Future rainfall observations will sit here once a multi-year climate series is sourced.
Complete seasonal guidanceEditorial month groups, not a live weather board. No rainfall averages or temperature ranges are shown until a verified climate series is added.
Explore the district
Nine current taluks, one map.
Catalogue counts below are from this guide’s published places. The nine-taluk choropleth lives on the homepage and the map page, it is not drawn twice here. Kalasa and Ajjampura were carved from Mudigere and Tarikere after older maps; the OSM boundaries used there are the current nine taluks, not a historical grouping.
18 places documented in Chikkamagaluru
- Temples · 5
- Peaks & viewpoints · 4
- Waterfalls · 3
- Coffee country & ghats · 2
- Lakes · 2
- Viewpoints · 1
- Wildlife & forests · 1
Featured in this taluk
1 documented place notes a forest permit.
Explore ChikkamagaluruStay notes
Accommodation landscape
Data verification in progress
Verified taluk-level accommodation figures will be added after the current registration data is confirmed.
No property counts are published here until the registration data is confirmed.