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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
- 588392
- Pincode
- 534435
- Population
- 1,950
- Households
- 523
- Literacy rate
- 82.8%
- Sex ratio
- 929 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 664
- Distance to district centre
- 50 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 44 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 42 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 290 km
- Nearest railway station
- Moturu · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Padmavathi Gari Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dondapadu compares
By population, Dondapadu ranks #18 of 28 villages in Pedavegi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
82.8%
+19.9% vs mandal average
- Dondapadu
- 82.8%
- Pedavegi mandal
- 62.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
929
−38 vs mandal average
- Dondapadu
- 929
- Pedavegi mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Dondapadu
- 3.7
- Pedavegi mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dondapadu at a glance
Dondapadu is a village of 1,950 people in 523 households (Census 2011) in Pedavegi mandal, Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh, the 18th-largest of 28 villages in Pedavegi mandal. Literacy is 83%, 20 points above the mandal average of 63% and the sex ratio is 929 women per 1,000 men. It lies 50 km from the Eluru district centre, 12 km from Gudlavalleru, the nearest town, 2 km from Moturu railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 534435; the LGD village code is 588392. The nearest hospital or health centre is Padmavathi Gari Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Denduluru assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chintamaneni Prabhakar. The population is estimated at 2,299 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dondapadu · this village | 1,950 | 83% | — |
| Dondapadu · Gudivada | 2,664 | 67% | 0 km N |
| Moturu · Gudivada | 4,092 | 62% | 1.6 km SE |
| Saidepudi · Gudivada | 308 | 67% | 1.8 km E |
| Chilakamudi · Gudivada | 347 | 72% | 1.9 km W |
| Valivarthipadu (R) · Gudivada | 2,935 | 69% | 2.2 km W |
| Gudivada (R) · Gudivada | 6,285 | 64% | 3.1 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dondapadu
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- 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
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- 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)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 4
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 247
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 76
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dondapadu
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Key facts — Dondapadu
- LGD code
- 588392
- Pincode
- 534435
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,950
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,299
- Households
- 523
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 929
- Literacy rate
- 82.8%
- Coordinates
- 16.45819°N, 81.03736°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Eluru
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Denduluru
- Member of Parliament
- Putta Mahesh Kumar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chintamaneni Prabhakar
- Block / Mandal
- Pedavegi
Getting there
How to reach Dondapadu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati42 kmcapital
- Hyderabad290 km
- Chennai384 km
- Bengaluru536 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMoturu2 km
- Bus stopAPSRTC Bus Station , Gudivada5 km
- Hospital / PHCPadmavathi Gari Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM5 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump4 km
- CollegeHomeopathy college5 km
- Police stationPamarru Police Station17 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 534435
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Other villages named Dondapadu
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Villages near Dondapadu
Other villages in Pedavegi mandal
View all 27 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-13
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)