Sugarcane turned bitter for thousands of farmers in North Andhra districts
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Malepadu observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Madanapalle mandal is Temple on Kappalakunta. No temple of this dedication is on record within Malepadu 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, Malepadu ranks #7 of 14 villages in Madanapalle mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malepadu is a village of 3,049 people in 739 households (Census 2011) in Madanapalle mandal, Annamayya district, Andhra Pradesh, the 7th-largest of 14 villages in Madanapalle mandal. Literacy is 54%, 4 points below the mandal average of 58% and the sex ratio is 972 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Annamayya district centre, 5 km from Vempalle, the nearest town, 19 km from Kurabalakota railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 517326, served by Madanapalle Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 596134. The nearest hospital or health centre is Siloam Eye Centre, 6 km away. The village votes in Madanapalle assembly constituency, represented by MLA M.Shajahan Basha. The population is estimated at 3,595 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Malepadu →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malepadu · this village | 3,049 | 54% | — |
| Penchupadu · Madanapalle | 2,759 | 53% | 4.3 km SE |
| Theneegalavaripalle · Madanapalle | 650 | 44% | 4.4 km S |
| Medapalle · Velairpadu | 1,325 | 37% | 4.5 km W |
| Vempalle · Madanapalle | 10,639 | 52% | 4.6 km NE |
| Kammapalle · Madanapalle | — | — | 7.4 km NE |
| Mulagollapalli · Srinivaspur | 396 | 47% | 7.8 km W |
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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