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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
- 587977
- Pincode
- 534462
- Post office
- Dharmajigudem
- Population
- 8,564
- Households
- 2,382
- Literacy rate
- 68.9%
- Sex ratio
- 998 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 4,399
- Distance to district centre
- 18 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 57 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 272 km
- Nearest railway station
- Vatlur · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nageswara Rao Private Hospital · 19 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dharmajigudem compares
By population, Dharmajigudem ranks #1 of 25 villages in Lingapalem mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
68.9%
+8.0% vs mandal average
- Dharmajigudem
- 68.9%
- Lingapalem mandal
- 60.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
998
+23 vs mandal average
- Dharmajigudem
- 998
- Lingapalem mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Dharmajigudem
- 3.6
- Lingapalem mandal
- 3.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dharmajigudem at a glance
Dharmajigudem is a village of 8,564 people in 2,382 households (Census 2011) in Lingapalem mandal, Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh, the largest of 25 villages in Lingapalem mandal. Literacy is 69%, 8 points above the mandal average of 61% and the sex ratio is 998 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Eluru district centre, 10 km from Mylavaram, the nearest town, 23 km from Vatlur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 534462, served by Dharmajigudem post office; the LGD village code is 587977. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nageswara Rao Private Hospital, 19 km away. The village votes in Nuzvid assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kolusu Partha Sarathy. The population is estimated at 9,326 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dharmajigudem · this village | 8,564 | 69% | — |
| Chandrannapalem · Lingapalem | 331 | 57% | 2.8 km N |
| Mattamgudem · Lingapalem | 2,611 | 71% | 3 km N |
| Gullapudi · Musunuru | 5,459 | 63% | 3 km W |
| Ayyaparajugudem · Lingapalem | 3,842 | 61% | 3.5 km SE |
| Kalarayanagudem · Lingapalem | 2,752 | 58% | 3.6 km E |
| Bapirajugudem · Pedavegi | 3,774 | 61% | 3.7 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dharmajigudem
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 5
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 2
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ELURU
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHARMAJIGUDEM
- Total area (ha)
- 1,286
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,038.82
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dharmajigudem
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Key facts — Dharmajigudem
- LGD code
- 587977
- Pincode
- 534462
- Post office
- Dharmajigudem
- Population (Census 2011)
- 8,564
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9,326
- Households
- 2,382
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 998
- Literacy rate
- 68.9%
- Coordinates
- 16.89518°N, 80.99741°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Eluru
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nuzvid
- Member of Parliament
- Putta Mahesh Kumar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kolusu Partha Sarathy
- Block / Mandal
- Lingapalem
Getting there
How to reach Dharmajigudem
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati57 kmcapital
- Hyderabad272 km
- Chennai431 km
- Bengaluru569 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVatlur23 km
- Bus stop7th Mile Bus Stop18 km
- Hospital / PHCNageswara Rao Private Hospital19 km
- ATM / bankIndian Overseas Bank19 km
- Petrol pumpHP9 km
- CollegeDegree college17 km
- Police stationpolice station20 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 534462
- BhogoleLingapalem mandal5,709 pop
- AyyaparajugudemLingapalem mandal3,842 pop
- KothulagokavaramLingapalem mandal3,551 pop
- KothapalleLingapalem mandal3,098 pop
- LingapalemLingapalem mandal2,934 pop
- JuvvachalakarayudupalemLingapalem mandal2,852 pop
- KalarayanagudemLingapalem mandal2,752 pop
- MattamgudemLingapalem mandal2,611 pop
- SingagudemLingapalem mandal2,117 pop
Villages near Dharmajigudem
Other villages in Lingapalem mandal
View all 25 →- Bhogole
- Ayyaparajugudem
- Kothulagokavaram
- Kothapalle
- Yedavalli
- Lingapalem
- Juvvachalakarayudupalem
- Kalarayanagudem
- Mattamgudem
- Vemulapalle
- Singagudem
- Mudicherla
- Patchanagaram
- Rangapuram
- Mulagalampadu
- Asannagudem
- Puppalavarigudem
- Konijerla
- Ganapavarigudem
- Badarala
- Kalyanampadu
- Chandrannapalem
- Malleswaram
- Pochavaram
- Annapanenivarigudem
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)