Andhra Pradesh CM urges Union Govt to review excise duty policy to protect interests of tobacco farmers
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Araveedu 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, Araveedu ranks #3 of 14 villages in Galiveedu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Araveedu is a village of 5,443 people in 1,409 households (Census 2011) in Galiveedu mandal, Annamayya district, Andhra Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 14 villages in Galiveedu mandal. Literacy is 51%, 1 points below the mandal average of 52% and the sex ratio is 995 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Annamayya district centre, 4 km from Galiveedu, the nearest town, 35 km from Mulakala Cheruvu railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 516267, served by Galiveedu post office; the LGD village code is 593491. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital, Galiveedu, 4 km away. The village votes in Pulivendla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ys Jagan Mohan Reddy. The population is estimated at 5,927 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Araveedu →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Araveedu · this village | 5,443 | 51% | — |
| Galiveedu · Galiveedu | 16,344 | 58% | 3.9 km NW |
| Papepalle · Venkatagirikota | 498 | 71% | 4.3 km SE |
| Papepalle · Peddamandyam | 3,750 | 48% | 4.3 km SE |
| Eguvagottiveedu · Galiveedu | 1,995 | 49% | 6.9 km E |
| Peddamandyam · Peddamandyam | 7,960 | 51% | 7.1 km S |
| Diguvagottiveedu · Chinnamandem | 2,212 | 49% | 8.5 km E |
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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