Soraba is a

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...

Shivamogga district Shimoga district, officially known as Shivamogga district, is a district in the Karnataka state of India. A major part of Shimoga district lies in the Malnad region or the Sahyadri. Shimoga city is its administrative centre. As of 2011 Shimog ...

in the state of

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. Soraba is the major

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and commercial centre in Soraba taluk. Soraba is located at .Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Sorab
/ref> It has an average elevation of 580 metres (1902 feet).

History

The town derives its name from its earlier name ''Surabhipura'' meaning town of

Surabhi Kamadhenu (, , ), also known as Surabhi (, or , ), is a divine bovine-goddess described in Hinduism as the mother of all cows. She is a miraculous cow of plenty who provides her owner whatever they desire and is often portrayed as the mother o ...

. Surabhi was a holy cow which used to milk on a stone statue of the god Sri

Ranganatha Ranganatha, also known as Ranganathar, Rangan, Aranganathar, Sri Ranga, and Thenarangathan, is a Hindu deity with his origin in South India, southern India, serving as the chief deity of the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam. The deity is a re ...

. A temple is built on the same place where the holy cow used to milk and it is now the Sri Ranganatha temple. The story says that the temple was built by a local landlord from Halesoraba on the bay of river

Dandavati Dandavati is a river that flows through Sorab, India. It originates from a reservoir in Kattinakere. The Kattinakere reservoir's overflow canal turns into a creek gathering strength on its way to become the river Dandavati. The river flows via K ...

. This is recorded on a manuscript written in Old Kannada script on the stone tower by the river

. B Soraba is now a taluk headquarters. Soraba's main road (Ratha Beedhi) is the only road (which stretches for approximately a kilometre) and has its main shops and hospitals. From 1999 onwards, Soraba town was improved in many ways economically, and is seeing a lot of investment in new shops. Sorada has sri Bangarappa statue and new bus stop

Education

*Government Pre University College. Anavatti GPUC Anavatti (Known as Junior College Anavatti, Karnataka Public School) is a college in

Shivamogga District Shimoga district, officially known as Shivamogga district, is a district in the Karnataka state of India. A major part of Shimoga district lies in the Malnad region or the Sahyadri. Shimoga city is its administrative centre. As of 2011 Shimog ...

. More than 5000+ Students Studying from LKG to II PUC in Both Kannada and English medium. *HPR (HariPrasadRai) College of Nursing. Soraba This private college of nursing offers BSc nursing course under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Soraba Taluka of Shivamogga district has total population of 200,809 as per the Census 2011. Out of which 101,130 are males while 99,679 are females. In 2011 there were total 46,658 families residing in Sorab Taluka. The Average Sex Ratio of Sorab Taluka is 986.

References

External links

Soraba in Mysore gazetter 1897
{{Shivamogga topics Taluks in Shimoga district Cities and towns in Shimoga district