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Madaka observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Pedana mandal is Sri Venkateshwara swamy temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Madaka 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, Madaka ranks #11 of 30 villages in Pedana mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Madaka is a village of 1,417 people in 413 households (Census 2011) in Pedana mandal, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, the 11th-largest of 30 villages in Pedana mandal. Literacy is 52%, 8 points below the mandal average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,054 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Krishna district centre, 4 km from Gokavaram, the nearest town, 6 km from Pedana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 521369, served by Munjuluru post office; the LGD village code is 589644. The nearest hospital or health centre is Tejorama Carewell Hospital, 12 km away. The village votes in Pedana assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kagitha Krishnaprasad. The population is estimated at 1,543 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Madaka →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madaka · this village | 1,417 | 52% | — |
| Madaka · Odela | 1,810 | 56% | 0.3 km S |
| Balliparru · Pedana | 1,651 | 64% | 0.8 km NW |
| Nandamuru · Pedana | 2,982 | 58% | 1.1 km NE |
| Kakarlamudi · Pedana | 2,071 | 48% | 2.7 km S |
| Kakarlamudi · Unguturu | 1,760 | 59% | 2.7 km S |
| Devarapalle · Pedana | 436 | 68% | 2.8 km N |
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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