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Ukkada observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Pandavapura mandal is Thopenadevaru - Lord Vishnu Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Ukkada 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, Ukkada ranks #86 of 171 villages in Pandavapura mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ukkada is a village of 655 people in 173 households (Census 2011) in Pandavapura taluk, Mandya district, Karnataka, the 86th-largest of 171 villages in Pandavapura taluk. Literacy is 47%, 13 points below the taluk average of 60% and the sex ratio is 997 women per 1,000 men. It lies 437 km from the Mandya district centre, 7 km from Naganur, the nearest town, 16 km from Sambre railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 571427, served by Kyathanahalli post office; the LGD village code is 614212. The nearest hospital or health centre is Phc Handignur, 10 km away. The village votes in Nagamangala assembly constituency, represented by MLA N. Chaluvarayaswamy. The population is estimated at 744 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kyathanahalli →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukkada · this village | 655 | 47% | — |
| Wantmuri · Hukeri | 1,791 | 28% | 1.8 km NE |
| Bhutaramanahatti · Belagavi | 1,940 | 55% | 3.2 km SW |
| Heggeri · Dharwad | 478 | 55% | 4.3 km SE |
| Bambarge · Belagavi | 2,786 | 60% | 5.6 km SW |
| Chikkaladinni · Hukeri | 2,004 | 37% | 5.9 km E |
| Naganur · Haveri | 2,100 | 72% | 7.3 km NW |
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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