Obalapura observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Challakere mandal is Sri Guru Kanneshwara Dattavadhoota Ashrama. No temple of this dedication is on record within Obalapura 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, Obalapura ranks #12 of 195 villages in Challakere mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Obalapura is a village of 3,651 people in 810 households (Census 2011) in Challakere taluk, Chitradurga district, Karnataka, the 12th-largest of 195 villages in Challakere taluk. Literacy is 60%, about the same as the taluk average of 59% and the sex ratio is 977 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Chitradurga district centre, 18 km from Amarapuram, the nearest town, 22 km from Challakere railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577538, served by Parasurampura post office; the LGD village code is 605318. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Doddachellur, 5 km away. The village votes in Challakere assembly constituency, represented by MLA T. Raghumurthy. The population is estimated at 4,305 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Obalapura →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obalapura · this village | 3,651 | 60% | — |
| Obalapura · Hiriyur | 1,637 | 63% | 0 km N |
| Obalapura · Challakere | 668 | 78% | 0 km N |
| Gosikere · Challakere | 1,613 | 58% | 2.7 km N |
| Vaderahalli · Challakere | 1,156 | 62% | 4 km NW |
| Doddachellur · Challakere | 2,271 | 58% | 5.5 km E |
| Obanahalli · Challakere | 2,123 | 53% | 5.8 km E |
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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