Floods damage crops of 71,796 farmers and 2,405 km of roads in Andhra Pradesh; Godavari rises again
Reported by The Hindu.
Valligatla observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 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 Valligatla 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, Valligatla ranks #9 of 13 villages in Somala mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Valligatla is a village of 2,340 people in 634 households (Census 2011) in Somala mandal, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, the 9th-largest of 13 villages in Somala mandal. Literacy is 59%, about the same as the mandal average of 59% and the sex ratio is 995 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Chittoor district centre, 8 km from Kalikiri, the nearest town, 8 km from Kalikiri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 517257, served by Chowdepalle post office; the LGD village code is 596501. The nearest hospital or health centre is Life Care Hospital, 17 km away. The village votes in Punganur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy. The population is estimated at 2,548 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Valligatla →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valligatla · this village | 2,340 | 59% | — |
| Kandur · Somala | 4,338 | 67% | 4.2 km W |
| Nellimanda · Somala | 2,699 | 57% | 5.7 km S |
| Thamminayanipalle · Somala | 2,325 | 54% | 5.8 km SW |
| Palamanda · Sodam | 1,662 | 52% | 6 km NE |
| Guttapalem · Kalikiri | 4,429 | 55% | 6.1 km NW |
| Kalikirireddivari Palle · Kalikiri | 5,874 | 60% | 6.3 km N |
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.
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