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Kopparam observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Santhamaguluru mandal is Trimukha Siva Statue. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kopparam 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, Kopparam ranks #3 of 11 villages in Santhamaguluru mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kopparam is a village of 8,740 people in 2,152 households (Census 2011) in Santhamaguluru mandal, Bapatla district, Andhra Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 11 villages in Santhamaguluru mandal. Literacy is 48%, about the same as the mandal average of 48% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. It lies 47 km from the Bapatla district centre, 16 km from Lingamguntla Agraharam (Part), the nearest town, 10 km from Santamagulur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 523302, served by Santhamagulur post office; the LGD village code is 590674. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital, Santhamaguluru, 5 km away. The village votes in Chilakaluripet assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prathipati Pullarao. The population is estimated at 9,518 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pathepuram →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kopparam · this village | 8,740 | 48% | — |
| Sajjapuram · Nellore Rural | 1,019 | 47% | 2.3 km SW |
| Sajjapuram · Tanuku | — | — | 2.3 km SW |
| Koppera Palem · Ballikurava | 2,517 | 46% | 3.2 km SE |
| Tangedu Malli · Santhamaguluru | 6,604 | 49% | 4.8 km NE |
| Santhamaguluru · Santhamaguluru | 9,687 | 53% | 5.1 km NW |
| Kondakavuru · Narasaraopet | 4,908 | 49% | 6.7 km NE |
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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