Karnataka Cabinet clears Rs 151 crore for ballot boxes, webcasting of panchayat polls
Reported by The Economic Times.
Obannanahalli 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 Obannanahalli 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, Obannanahalli ranks #41 of 195 villages in Challakere mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Obannanahalli is a village of 2,209 people in 407 households (Census 2011) in Challakere taluk, Chitradurga district, Karnataka, the 41st-largest of 195 villages in Challakere taluk. Literacy is 63%, 4 points above the taluk average of 59% and the sex ratio is 906 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 577529, served by Kondlahalli post office; the LGD village code is 605278. The village votes in Challakere assembly constituency, represented by MLA T. Raghumurthy. The population is estimated at 2,604 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gowrasamudra →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obannanahalli · this village | 2,209 | 63% | — |
| Gowrasamudra · Challakere | 2,674 | 54% | — |
| Bandethimmalapura · Challakere | 2,015 | 54% | — |
| Hanumanthanahalli · Challakere | 1,963 | 54% | — |
| Gowrasamudra Kaval · Challakere | 785 | 57% | — |
| Obannanahalli Kaval · Challakere | 0 | — | — |
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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