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Atcherla observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Kasimkota mandal is Sri Venu Gopala Swamy Vari Temple , Elamanchili. No temple of this dedication is on record within Atcherla 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, Atcherla ranks #8 of 28 villages in Kasimkota mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Atcherla is a village of 2,353 people in 691 households (Census 2011) in Kasimkota mandal, Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh, the 8th-largest of 28 villages in Kasimkota mandal. Literacy is 41%, 13 points below the mandal average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,006 women per 1,000 men. It lies 5 km from the Anakapalli district centre, 12 km from Kasimkota, the nearest town, 7 km from Narasingapalli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 531031, served by Kasimkota post office; the LGD village code is 586323. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sree Seshapadma Hospital, 11 km away. The village votes in Yelamanchili assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sundarapu Vijay Kumar. The population is estimated at 2,562 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Atcherla →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atcherla · this village | 2,353 | 41% | — |
| Addam · Kasimkota | 751 | 50% | 1.2 km W |
| Gurugu Bheemavaram · Kasimkota | 1,183 | 50% | 1.9 km S |
| Singavaram · Kasimkota | 668 | 44% | 2.1 km SE |
| Charakam · Kasimkota | 1,025 | 48% | 3.1 km W |
| Sundarayyapeta · Kasimkota | 1,709 | 51% | 3.2 km SW |
| Gytulapalem · Kasimkota | 0 | — | 3.5 km SE |
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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