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Khajipalem observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Atchuthapuram mandal is Sri Venu Gopala Swamy Vari Temple , Elamanchili. No temple of this dedication is on record within Khajipalem 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, Khajipalem ranks #20 of 34 villages in Atchuthapuram mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khajipalem is a village of 1,422 people in 413 households (Census 2011) in Atchuthapuram mandal, Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh, the 20th-largest of 34 villages in Atchuthapuram mandal. Literacy is 53%, 1 points above the mandal average of 52% and the sex ratio is 978 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Anakapalli district centre, 5 km from Munagapaka, the nearest town, 5 km from Bayyavaram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 531033, served by Munagapaka post office; the LGD village code is 586380. The nearest hospital or health centre is Syamala Clinic, 3 km away. The village votes in Yelamanchili assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sundarapu Vijay Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,677 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khajipalem →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khajipalem · this village | 1,422 | 53% | — |
| Purushottapuram · Sarubujjili | 4,170 | 51% | 0.3 km W |
| Jaggannapeta · Atchuthapuram | 1,028 | 58% | 0.4 km S |
| Pallapu Anandapuram · Munagapaka | 968 | 51% | 1.2 km SW |
| Veduruparthi · Kasimkota | 2,349 | 46% | 1.8 km N |
| Kumarapuram · Payakaraopeta | 3,587 | 55% | 2.1 km SW |
| Uppavaram · Atchuthapuram | 1,926 | 57% | 2.3 km S |
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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