Sonale observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Hosanagara mandal is Sri Chandikeshwari Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Sonale 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, Sonale ranks #18 of 204 villages in Hosanagara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonale is a village of 1,134 people in 248 households (Census 2011) in Hosanagara taluk, Shivamogga district, Karnataka, the 18th-largest of 204 villages in Hosanagara taluk. Literacy is 79%, 8 points above the taluk average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,032 women per 1,000 men. It lies 46 km from the Shivamogga district centre, 50 km from B.Kanabur, the nearest town, 24 km from Kenchanalu railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577418, served by Hosanagar post office; the LGD village code is 607978. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 11 km away. The village votes in Tirthahalli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Araga Jnanendra. The population is estimated at 1,337 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sonale →
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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