Floods damage crops of 71,796 farmers and 2,405 km of roads in Andhra Pradesh; Godavari rises again
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Sibyala observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
Temples near Sibyala
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Rayachoti mandal is Anjaneya Swami Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Sibyala itself.
Devi Navaratri with a different alankaram each day, most publicly at Vijayawada Kanaka Durga. Vijayadashami carries the Jammi leaf exchange and Aksharabhyasam for children.
The regional form observed across Andhra Pradesh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Sibyala ranks #2 of 16 villages in Rayachoti mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sibyala is a village of 4,681 people in 1,195 households (Census 2011) in Rayachoti mandal, Annamayya district, Andhra Pradesh, the 2nd-largest of 16 villages in Rayachoti mandal. Literacy is 54%, 2 points above the mandal average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,040 women per 1,000 men. It lies 15 km from the Annamayya district centre, 14 km from T Sundupalle, the nearest town, 39 km from Hastavaramu railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 516269, served by Rayachoti post office; the LGD village code is 593542. The nearest hospital or health centre is Lions Club Eye Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Pulivendla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ys Jagan Mohan Reddy. The population is estimated at 5,098 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sibyala →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sibyala · this village | 4,681 | 54% | — |
| Odiveedu · Veeraballe | 2,579 | 54% | 2.4 km N |
| Dullavaripalle · Rayachoti | 776 | 57% | 3.9 km W |
| Pemmadapalle · Rayachoti | 1,879 | 56% | 4.1 km SW |
| Abbavaram · Rayachoti | 2,334 | 54% | 4.9 km NW |
| Matli · Veeraballe | 6,836 | 51% | 5.2 km N |
| Syamalavaripalle · Rayachoti | 0 | — | 5.1 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.
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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