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Kottam observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Kotananduru mandal is Hanuman Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kottam 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, Kottam ranks #1 of 16 villages in Kotananduru mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kottam is a village of 7,285 people in 1,966 households (Census 2011) in Kotananduru mandal, Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, the largest of 16 villages in Kotananduru mandal. Literacy is 52%, 3 points above the mandal average of 49% and the sex ratio is 978 women per 1,000 men. It lies 148 km from the Kakinada district centre, 6 km from Jami, the nearest town, 10 km from Alamanda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 533407, served by Kotananduru post office; the LGD village code is 586957. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Jami, 6 km away. The village votes in Narsipatnam assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ayyannapatrudu Chintakayala. The population is estimated at 8,589 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: K.Kottam →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kottam · this village | 7,285 | 52% | — |
| Kottam · Srungavarapukota | 3,441 | 48% | 0 km N |
| Thandrangi · Jami | 2,134 | 57% | 0.6 km SE |
| Thanavaram · Jami | 1,272 | 45% | 2.1 km S |
| Alugubilli · Srungavarapukota | 1,631 | 55% | 2.2 km SW |
| Chamalapalle · Srungavarapukota | 962 | 51% | 2.2 km W |
| Chamalapalle · Vepada | 797 | 49% | 2.2 km W |
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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