Vatala observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
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, Vatala ranks #51 of 118 villages in Supa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vatala is a village of 276 people in 61 households (Census 2011) in Supa taluk, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, the 51st-largest of 118 villages in Supa taluk. Literacy is 62%, 4 points below the taluk average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,140 women per 1,000 men. It lies 103 km from the Uttara Kannada district centre, 34 km from Shiroda, the nearest town, 11 km from Castle Rock railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 581453, served by Ramnagar (Uttara Kannada) post office; the LGD village code is 602635. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Castlerock, 11 km away. The village votes in Haliyal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Deshpande Raghunath. The population is estimated at 325 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Akheti →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vatala · this village | 276 | 62% | — |
| Palada · Supa | 283 | 75% | 1.7 km NE |
| Akheti · Supa | 520 | 73% | 2.9 km SE |
| Mendil · Khanapur | 216 | 60% | 5.6 km NE |
| Anamod · Supa | 798 | 69% | 5.9 km S |
| Krishnapur · Karatagi | 255 | 66% | 8.7 km N |
| Krishnapur · Basavana Bagevadi | 534 | 37% | 8.7 km N |
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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