Karekoppa observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Sorab mandal is Madhukeshwara Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Karekoppa 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, Karekoppa ranks #130 of 306 villages in Sorab mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karekoppa is a village of 484 people in 108 households (Census 2011) in Sorab taluk, Shivamogga district, Karnataka, the 130th-largest of 306 villages in Sorab taluk. Literacy is 50%, 19 points below the taluk average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,025 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Shivamogga district centre, 31 km from Masur, the nearest town, 23 km from Balegundi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577428, served by Shiralakoppa post office; the LGD village code is 607669. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hospital Shigga, 5 km away. The village votes in Sorab assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhu Bangarappa. The population is estimated at 571 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chitturu →
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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