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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 589691
- Pincode
- 521150
- Post office
- Kaja
- Population
- 5,099
- Households
- 1,563
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,722
- Distance to district centre
- 12 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 48 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 295 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kavutaram · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Gantasala Government Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kosuru compares
By population, Kosuru ranks #4 of 17 villages in Movva mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.2%
+3.4% vs mandal average
- Kosuru
- 71.2%
- Movva mandal
- 67.8%
- Krishna district
- 66.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
−8 vs mandal average
- Kosuru
- 979
- Movva mandal
- 987
Household size
people per home
3.3
Same as the mandal average
- Kosuru
- 3.3
- Movva mandal
- 3.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kosuru at a glance
Kosuru is a village of 5,099 people in 1,563 households (Census 2011) in Movva mandal, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, the 4th-largest of 17 villages in Movva mandal. Literacy is 71%, 3 points above the mandal average of 68% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 12 km from the Krishna district centre, 11 km from Challapalle, the nearest town, 17 km from Kavutaram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 521150, served by Kaja post office; the LGD village code is 589691. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gantasala Government Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Pamarru assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kumar Raja Varla. The population is estimated at 5,553 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kosuru →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosuru · this village | 5,099 | 71% | — |
| Mallampalle · Ghantasala | 1,957 | 61% | 2 km S |
| Pedamuttevi · Movva | 3,300 | 65% | 2.3 km N |
| V.Rudravaram · Ghantasala | 783 | 71% | 3 km SW |
| Vemulamada · Movva | 1,672 | 65% | 3.1 km NW |
| Bollapadu · Ghantasala | 339 | 69% | 3.3 km S |
| Palankipadu · Movva | 649 | 66% | 4.1 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kosuru
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 21
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MACHILIPATNAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KOSURU
- Total area (ha)
- 1,281
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,013.73
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kosuru
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Key facts — Kosuru
- LGD code
- 589691
- Pincode
- 521150
- Post office
- Kaja
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,099
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,553
- Households
- 1,563
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Coordinates
- 16.20733°N, 80.96836°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Machilipatnam
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pamarru
- Member of Parliament
- Vallabhaneni Balashowry
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kumar Raja Varla
- Block / Mandal
- Movva
Getting there
How to reach Kosuru
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati48 kmcapital
- Hyderabad295 km
- Chennai355 km
- Bengaluru511 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKavutaram17 km
- Bus stopAPSRTC Bus Station , Movva6 km
- Hospital / PHCGantasala Government Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankIndian bank8 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil8 km
- CollegeSmt. T.K.R. Polytechnic College14 km
- Police stationPamarru Police Station13 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kosuru
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Jaladheeswara Swamy TempleTemple4.9 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 521150
Villages near Kosuru
Other villages in Movva mandal
View all 16 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-10
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)