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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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- LGD code
- 590405
- Pincode
- 522261
- Post office
- Vemuru
- Population
- 1,383
- Households
- 372
- Literacy rate
- 55.8%
- Sex ratio
- 973 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 726
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 37 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 271 km
- Nearest railway station
- Zampani · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Burripalem · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pothumarru compares
By population, Pothumarru ranks #11 of 12 villages in Vemuru mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.8%
−8.6% vs mandal average
- Pothumarru
- 55.8%
- Vemuru mandal
- 64.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
973
−31 vs mandal average
- Pothumarru
- 973
- Vemuru mandal
- 1,004
Household size
people per home
3.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Pothumarru
- 3.7
- Vemuru mandal
- 3.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pothumarru at a glance
Pothumarru is a village of 1,383 people in 372 households (Census 2011) in Vemuru mandal, Bapatla district, Andhra Pradesh, the 11th-largest of 12 villages in Vemuru mandal. Literacy is 56%, 9 points below the mandal average, and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Bapatla district centre, 11 km from Kollur, the nearest town, 3 km from Zampani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 522261, served by Vemuru post office; the LGD village code is 590405. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Burripalem, 7 km away. The village votes in Vemuru assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ananda Babu Nakka. The population is estimated at 1,631 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Pothumarru
- LGD code
- 590405
- Pincode
- 522261
- Post office
- Vemuru
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,383
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,631
- Households
- 372
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 973
- Literacy rate
- 55.8%
- Coordinates
- 16.17626°N, 80.69703°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bapatla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vemuru
- Member of Parliament
- Krishna Prasad Tenneti
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ananda Babu Nakka
- Block / Mandal
- Vemuru
Getting there
How to reach Pothumarru
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati37 kmcapital
- Hyderabad271 km
- Chennai347 km
- Bengaluru488 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationZampani3 km
- Bus stopBus Stop7 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Burripalem7 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank of India5 km
- Petrol pumpRajendra Prashad Petroleum5 km
- CollegeNRK & KSR Gupta PG College7 km
- Police stationAmruthalur Police Station7 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Pothumarru
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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Villages sharing pincode 522261
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Other villages named Pothumarru
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Villages near Pothumarru
Other villages in Vemuru mandal
View all 12 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)