Matpady observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Brahmavara mandal is Shri Brahmalinga Veerabhadra Durgaparameshwari Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Matpady 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, Matpady ranks #38 of 46 villages in Brahmavara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matpady is a village of 1,927 people in 396 households (Census 2011) in Brahmavara taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka, the 38th-largest of 46 villages in Brahmavara taluk. Literacy is 81%, 5 points above the taluk average of 77% and the sex ratio is 1,052 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 576213, served by Brahmavara post office; the LGD village code is 608790. The village votes in Kundapura assembly constituency, represented by MLA A Kiran Kumar Kodgi. The population is estimated at 2,272 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Handadi →
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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