Doddabilaha observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Somvarpet mandal is Shettihalli Rosary Church. No temple of this dedication is on record within Doddabilaha 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.
Kodagu keeps its own Dasara at Madikeri, going back more than a century and a half to the Haleri kings. Four karagas open it — a decorated vessel of rice, nine grains and holy water carried on a shaved head — and ten mantapas, each showing a demon being killed, are taken through the town to close it.
By population, Doddabilaha ranks #77 of 93 villages in Somvarpet mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Doddabilaha is a village of 442 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Somvarpet taluk, Kodagu district, Karnataka, the 77th-largest of 93 villages in Somvarpet taluk. Literacy is 70%, 1 points below the taluk average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,075 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 571235, served by Shanivarasanthe post office; the LGD village code is 617868. The village votes in Arkalgud assembly constituency, represented by MLA A. Manju. The population is estimated at 521 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dundalli →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doddabilaha · this village | 442 | 70% | — |
| Kajur · Somvarpet | 741 | 75% | — |
| Madre · Somvarpet | 723 | 82% | — |
| Doddakolathur · Somvarpet | 641 | 68% | — |
| Dundalli · Somvarpet | 420 | 77% | — |
| Cheekanalli · Somvarpet | 90 | 67% | — |
| Chennapura · Somvarpet | — | — | — |
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.
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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