Nellimanda observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Somala mandal is Karakamanda Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Nellimanda 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, Nellimanda ranks #8 of 13 villages in Somala mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nellimanda is a village of 2,699 people in 731 households (Census 2011) in Somala mandal, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, the 8th-largest of 13 villages in Somala mandal. Literacy is 57%, 1 points below the mandal average of 59% and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Chittoor district centre, 13 km from Kalikiri, the nearest town, 14 km from Kalikiri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 517257, served by Chowdepalle post office; the LGD village code is 596502. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Chowdepalli, 15 km away. The village votes in Punganur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy. The population is estimated at 2,939 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Nellimanda →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nellimanda · this village | 2,699 | 57% | — |
| Diguvapalle · Chowdepalle | 3,470 | 50% | 1.4 km W |
| Mittapalle · Somala | 1,039 | 54% | 2 km SE |
| Thamminayanipalle · Somala | 2,325 | 54% | 3.5 km NW |
| Kandur · Somala | 4,338 | 67% | 4.4 km NW |
| S. Nadim Palle · Somala | 1,505 | 68% | 5.4 km SE |
| Somala · Somala | 6,323 | 63% | 5.5 km S |
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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