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Uppada observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for U.Kothapalli mandal is Sri veera venkata satyanarayana swami temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Uppada 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, Uppada ranks #1 of 16 villages in U.Kothapalli mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Uppada is a village of 12,964 people in 3,190 households (Census 2011) in U.Kothapalli mandal, Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, the largest of 16 villages in U.Kothapalli mandal. Literacy is 44%, 10 points below the mandal average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,002 women per 1,000 men. It lies 13 km from the Kakinada district centre, 9 km from Gollaprolu, the nearest town, 8 km from Gollaprolu railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 533448, served by Uppada post office; the LGD village code is 587492. The nearest hospital or health centre is Annapurna Talli Pillala Hospital, 8 km away. The village votes in Tuni assembly constituency, represented by MLA Divya Yanamala. The population is estimated at 14,118 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Uppada →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uppada · this village | 12,964 | 44% | — |
| Subbampeta · U.Kothapalli | 1,242 | 48% | 1.7 km S |
| Amaravalli · U.Kothapalli | 884 | 58% | 2.3 km NE |
| Kutukudumilli · U.Kothapalli | 1,828 | 63% | 2.8 km W |
| P. Isukapalle · U.Kothapalli | 4,358 | 56% | 4.5 km NW |
| Kondevaram · U.Kothapalli | 6,613 | 57% | 5.3 km W |
| Gorsa · U.Kothapalli | 2,387 | 65% | 5.9 km SW |
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.
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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