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Devarapalle observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Maredumilli mandal is Ramalaym Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Devarapalle itself.
Called Vinayaka Chavithi. Clay idols, the 21-leaf puja and undrallu are central. Community mandapams run for days, the Khairatabad idol in Hyderabad being the largest and drawing the biggest immersion procession.
The regional form observed across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Devarapalle ranks #6 of 71 villages in Maredumilli mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Devarapalle is a village of 642 people in 80 households (Census 2011) in Maredumilli mandal, Alluri Sitharama Raju district, Andhra Pradesh, the 6th-largest of 71 villages in Maredumilli mandal. Literacy is 82%, 30 points above the mandal average of 51% and the sex ratio is 281 women per 1,000 men. It lies 52 km from the Alluri Sitharama Raju district centre, 18 km from Polavaram, the nearest town, 57 km from Kovvur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 533288, served by Rampachodavaram post office; the LGD village code is 586583. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nagapalla People Hospital, 11 km away. The village votes in Rampachodovaram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Miriyala Sirisha Devi. The population is estimated at 757 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sunnampadu →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devarapalle · this village | 642 | 82% | — |
| Sunnampadu · Maredumilli | 272 | 47% | 1.5 km S |
| Pedamallupadu · Maredumilli | 20 | 20% | 3.6 km SW |
| Nurupudi · Maredumilli | 273 | 45% | 3.7 km E |
| Ramannavalasa · Maredumilli | 251 | 43% | 4.2 km SW |
| Mallavaram · Maredumilli | 248 | 32% | 4.9 km NE |
| Thurruru · Maredumilli | 158 | 40% | 5 km SW |
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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