Andhra Pradesh CM urges Union Govt to review excise duty policy to protect interests of tobacco farmers
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Sunkapuru observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
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, Sunkapuru ranks #15 of 21 villages in Kotauratla mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sunkapuru is a village of 1,771 people in 544 households (Census 2011) in Kotauratla mandal, Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh, the 15th-largest of 21 villages in Kotauratla mandal. Literacy is 48%, 1 points below the mandal average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,088 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Anakapalli district centre, 31 km from S. Annavaram (R), the nearest town, 16 km from Regupalem railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 531085, served by Kotauratla post office; the LGD village code is 586279. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hosanna Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Narsipatnam assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ayyannapatrudu Chintakayala. The population is estimated at 1,929 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sunkapuru →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunkapuru · this village | 1,771 | 48% | — |
| Jalluru · Kotauratla | 1,426 | 62% | 0.8 km W |
| Thangedu · Kotauratla | 2,274 | 53% | 1.2 km S |
| Giduthuru · Makavarapalem | 3,231 | 51% | 2.1 km NE |
| Bapiraju Kothapalle · Kotauratla | 4,029 | 47% | 2.4 km W |
| Kotauratla · Kotauratla | 7,003 | 60% | 3.4 km SE |
| Annavaram · Kotauratla | 2,001 | 51% | 4.1 km NW |
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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