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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
- 586999
- Pincode
- 533446
- Post office
- Sankhavaram
- Population
- 271
- Households
- 81
- Literacy rate
- 58.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1134 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 99
- Distance to district centre
- 41 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 219 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 421 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tuni · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Kottam · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kothuru compares
By population, Kothuru ranks #26 of 44 villages in Rowthulapudi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.7%
+13.3% vs mandal average
- Kothuru
- 58.7%
- Rowthulapudi mandal
- 45.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,134
+165 vs mandal average
- Kothuru
- 1,134
- Rowthulapudi mandal
- 969
Household size
people per home
3.3
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Kothuru
- 3.3
- Rowthulapudi mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kothuru at a glance
Kothuru is a village of 271 people in 81 households (Census 2011) in Rowthulapudi mandal, Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, the 26th-largest of 44 villages in Rowthulapudi mandal. Literacy is 59%, 13 points above the mandal average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,134 women per 1,000 men. It lies 41 km from the Kakinada district centre, 13 km from Rowthulapudi, the nearest town, 15 km from Tuni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 533446, served by Sankhavaram post office; the LGD village code is 586999. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Kottam, <1 km away. The village votes in Tuni assembly constituency, represented by MLA Divya Yanamala. The population is estimated at 320 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kothuru →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kothuru · this village | 271 | 59% | — |
| Kotham · Seethampeta | 243 | 43% | 0.8 km E |
| K. E. Chinnayyapalem · Kotananduru | 4,203 | 44% | 2.4 km W |
| Pedajaggampeta · Nathavaram | 1,687 | 45% | 2.9 km NW |
| Lakshmidevipeta · Kotananduru | 1,370 | 49% | 3.1 km N |
| Kamatam Mallavaram · Kotananduru | 2,530 | 53% | 3.7 km E |
| Pichchiganti Kothagudam · Nathavaram | 1,990 | 49% | 4 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kothuru
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TUNI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 66
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KOTHURU
- Total area (ha)
- 844
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 16.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 77.4
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kothuru
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kothuru
- LGD code
- 586999
- Pincode
- 533446
- Post office
- Sankhavaram
- Population (Census 2011)
- 271
- Population (projected 2026)
- 320
- Households
- 81
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1134
- Literacy rate
- 58.7%
- Coordinates
- 17.45686°N, 82.44975°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kakinada
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tuni
- Member of Parliament
- Tangella Uday Srinivas
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Divya Yanamala
- Block / Mandal
- Rowthulapudi
Getting there
How to reach Kothuru
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati219 kmcapital
- Hyderabad421 km
- Chennai540 km
- Bengaluru721 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTuni15 km
- Bus stopKotanandūru Bus Stop6 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Kottam<1 km
- ATM / bankLIC OFFICE14 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil1 km
- CollegeGovt.Degree College14 km
- Police stationTUNI URBAN POLICE STATION15 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 533446
- SankhavaramSankhavaram mandal11,039 pop
- RowthulapudiRowthulapudi mandal10,784 pop
- MulagapudiRowthulapudi mandal4,600 pop
- NellipudiSankhavaram mandal3,893 pop
- SrungavaramRowthulapudi mandal3,774 pop
- KonthangiSankhavaram mandal3,125 pop
- ChintaluruPrathipadu mandal2,901 pop
- Gondhi KothapalleSankhavaram mandal2,402 pop
- Santha PydipalaRowthulapudi mandal2,196 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Kothuru
Looking for a different Kothuru? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Kothuru →
- KothuruTuni · Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh11,957 pop
- KothuruKothuru · Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh8,209 pop
- KothuruPedapadu · Eluru, Andhra Pradesh3,082 pop
- KothuruRambilli · Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh1,629 pop
- KothuruGarugubilli · Parvathipuram Manyam, Andhra Pradesh1,172 pop
- KothuruDummugudem · Bhadradri Kothagudem, Telangana674 pop
- KothuruPrathipadu · Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh562 pop
- KothuruVelairpadu · Eluru, Andhra Pradesh442 pop
Villages near Kothuru
Other villages in Rowthulapudi mandal
View all 43+ →- Rowthulapudi
- Mulagapudi
- Srungavaram
- Namagiri Narendrapatnam
- Latchireddipalem
- Gidajam
- A. Mallavaram
- Srungadhara Agraharam
- Parupaka
- Santha Pydipala
- Balarampuram
- Meraka Chamavaram
- Pallapu Chamavaram
- Gummaregula
- Gangavaram
- Raghavapatnam
- Rajavaram
- Bapabhupalapatnam
- Tirupatammapeta
- Dhara Jagannadhapuram
- Diguva Sivada
- Uppampalem
- Ramakrishnapuram
- Koduru
- R. Venkatapuram
- Jaldam
- D. Pydipala
- Dabbadi
- Sarlanka
- Pedduru
- Chakirevulapalem
- Ginnelaram
- Diguvadarapalle
- Venkatanagaram
- Satyavaram
- Challeru
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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)