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Oddapalli observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Tamil Nadu.
The principal temple recorded for Hosur mandal is Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Devasthanam Dakshina Tirupathi. No temple of this dedication is on record within Oddapalli itself.
Golu: an odd number of steps holding dolls, and women invited each evening for sundal, kumkum and a gift. Saraswati Puja on Navami and Vidyarambham on Vijayadashami.
The regional form observed across Tamil Nadu. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Oddapalli ranks #62 of 85 villages in Hosur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Oddapalli is a village of 519 people in 102 households (Census 2011) in Hosur taluk, Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu, the 62nd-largest of 85 villages in Hosur taluk. Literacy is 49%, 15 points below the taluk average of 64% and the sex ratio is 901 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 635103, served by Bagalur (Krishnagiri) post office; the LGD village code is 643713. The village votes in Thalli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramachandran. T. The population is estimated at 612 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Alasapalli Batvarapalli →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oddapalli · this village | 519 | 49% | — |
| Muthuganapalli · Hosur | 1,135 | 56% | — |
| Battavarapalli · Hosur | 704 | 56% | — |
| Mallasandiram · Hosur | 528 | 67% | — |
| Alasapalli · Hosur | 395 | 66% | — |
| Vathiripalli · Hosur | 229 | 61% | — |
| Pichugodapalli · Hosur | 0 | — | — |
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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