With 42% deficit rainfall, Andhra Pradesh is third worst-hit State in India this monsoon season
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Rajaram observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Sankhavaram mandal is Sree Uma Rama Lingeswara Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Rajaram 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, Rajaram ranks #25 of 31 villages in Sankhavaram mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rajaram is a village of 185 people in 53 households (Census 2011) in Sankhavaram mandal, Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, the 25th-largest of 31 villages in Sankhavaram mandal. Literacy is 40%, 13 points below the mandal average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,151 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 533446, served by Sankhavaram post office; the LGD village code is 587045. The village votes in Tuni assembly constituency, represented by MLA Divya Yanamala. The population is estimated at 218 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gowrampeta →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajaram · this village | 185 | 40% | — |
| Gowrampeta · Sankhavaram | 1,105 | 54% | — |
| Jagannadhapuram · Sankhavaram | 295 | 51% | — |
| Gondhi · Sankhavaram | 273 | 43% | — |
| Masampalle · Sankhavaram | 133 | 50% | — |
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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