Sugarcane turned bitter for thousands of farmers in North Andhra districts
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Kothapalle observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Irala mandal is Sri Kadiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Vaari Temple, Nayanapakala, Jogivaripalli. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kothapalle 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, Kothapalle ranks #8 of 18 villages in Irala mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kothapalle is a village of 2,912 people in 751 households (Census 2011) in Irala mandal, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, the 8th-largest of 18 villages in Irala mandal. Literacy is 68%, about the same as the mandal average of 68% and the sex ratio is 992 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 517131, served by Kanipakam post office; the LGD village code is 596494. The village votes in Puthalapattu assembly constituency, represented by MLA K Murali Mohan. The population is estimated at 3,433 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chinakampalle →
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.
Centred on Irala mandal
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