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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 588461
- Pincode
- 534450
- Post office
- Gopannapalem
- Population
- 121
- Households
- 37
- Literacy rate
- 46.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1373 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 55
- Distance to district centre
- 15 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 18 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 59 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 290 km
- Nearest railway station
- Eluru · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Uppugudem compares
By population, Uppugudem ranks #26 of 26 villages in Denduluru mandal — the smallest.
Literacy rate
%
46.3%
−18.5% vs mandal average
- Uppugudem
- 46.3%
- Denduluru mandal
- 64.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,373
+378 vs mandal average
- Uppugudem
- 1,373
- Denduluru mandal
- 995
Household size
people per home
3.3
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Uppugudem
- 3.3
- Denduluru mandal
- 3.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Uppugudem at a glance
Uppugudem is a village of 121 people in 37 households (Census 2011) in Denduluru mandal, Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh, the 26th-largest of 26 villages in Denduluru mandal. Literacy is 46%, 19 points below the mandal average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,373 women per 1,000 men. It lies 15 km from the Eluru district centre, 3 km from Denduluru, the nearest town, 5 km from Eluru railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 534450, served by Gopannapalem post office; the LGD village code is 588461. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Gopalapuram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Maddipati Venkata Raju. The population is estimated at 132 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Somavarappadu →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uppugudem · this village | 121 | 46% | — |
| Saanigudem · Denduluru | 1,025 | 58% | 2.4 km N |
| Gopannapalem · Denduluru | 1,722 | 68% | 2.7 km NW |
| Denduluru · Maredumilli | 305 | 37% | 3 km E |
| Denduluru · Denduluru | 11,846 | 66% | 3 km E |
| Malkapuram · Eluru | 3,461 | 74% | 3.5 km S |
| Galayagudem · Denduluru | 2,374 | 62% | 3.6 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Uppugudem
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ELURU
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 9
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SOMAVARAPPADU
- Total area (ha)
- 268
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 212.01
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Uppugudem
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Uppugudem
- LGD code
- 588461
- Pincode
- 534450
- Post office
- Gopannapalem
- Population (Census 2011)
- 121
- Population (projected 2026)
- 132
- Households
- 37
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1373
- Literacy rate
- 46.3%
- Coordinates
- 16.75541°N, 81.13723°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajahmundry
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gopalapuram
- Member of Parliament
- Daggubati Purandeswari
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Maddipati Venkata Raju
- Block / Mandal
- Denduluru
Getting there
How to reach Uppugudem
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati59 kmcapital
- Hyderabad290 km
- Chennai419 km
- Bengaluru567 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationEluru5 km
- Bus stopEluru ASRAM Hospital Bus Stop2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankAndhra Bank7 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil2 km
- CollegeSir C R Reddy (A) college canteen8 km
- Police stationpolice station39 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Uppugudem
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 534450
- SomavarappaduDenduluru mandal3,015 pop
- VegavaramDenduluru mandal2,648 pop
- GalayagudemDenduluru mandal2,374 pop
- KothapalleDenduluru mandal1,767 pop
- GopannapalemDenduluru mandal1,722 pop
- NaguladevunipaduDenduluru mandal1,485 pop
- AkkireddigudemDenduluru mandal1,300 pop
- SaanigudemDenduluru mandal1,025 pop
- ChallapalleDenduluru mandal630 pop
Villages near Uppugudem
Other villages in Denduluru mandal
View all 25 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-13
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)