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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
- 594165
- Pincode
- 518395
- Post office
- Alur (Kurnool)
- Population
- 4,869
- Households
- 802
- Literacy rate
- 45.2%
- Sex ratio
- 791 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,552
- Distance to district centre
- 45 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 388 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 259 km
- Nearest railway station
- Aspari · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Adithya Clinic · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Arikera compares
By population, Arikera ranks #3 of 18 villages in Alur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.2%
−6.9% vs mandal average
- Arikera
- 45.2%
- Alur mandal
- 52.1%
- Kurnool district
- 52.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
791
−163 vs mandal average
- Arikera
- 791
- Alur mandal
- 954
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Arikera
- 6.1
- Alur mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arikera at a glance
Arikera is a village of 4,869 people in 802 households (Census 2011) in Alur mandal, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 18 villages in Alur mandal. Literacy is 45%, 7 points below the mandal average of 52% and the sex ratio is 791 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Kurnool district centre, 19 km from Holagunda, the nearest town, 18 km from Aspari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 518395, served by Alur (Kurnool) post office; the LGD village code is 594165. The nearest hospital or health centre is Adithya Clinic, 3 km away. The village votes in Alur assembly constituency, represented by MLA B. Virupakshi. The population is estimated at 5,302 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Arikera →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arikera · this village | 4,869 | 45% | — |
| Kuruvalli · Alur | 1,219 | 47% | 4.5 km S |
| Bilehal · Halaharvi | 2,105 | 26% | 4.6 km SW |
| Hathi Belgal · Alur | 4,255 | 58% | 5 km SE |
| Karadiguddam · Alur | 414 | 40% | 5.2 km N |
| Hulebeedu · Alur | 2,791 | 46% | 5.3 km NE |
| Thumbalabeedu · Alur | 1,490 | 37% | 5.6 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Arikera
- 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)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- 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
- ADONI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 113
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ARIKERA
- Total area (ha)
- 2,958
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 248.42
- Forest area (ha)
- 609
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Arikera
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Key facts — Arikera
- LGD code
- 594165
- Pincode
- 518395
- Post office
- Alur (Kurnool)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,869
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,302
- Households
- 802
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 791
- Literacy rate
- 45.2%
- Coordinates
- 15.40514°N, 77.19932°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kurnool
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alur
- Member of Parliament
- Bastipati Nagaraju Panchalingala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- B. Virupakshi
- Block / Mandal
- Alur
Getting there
How to reach Arikera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati388 kmcapital
- Hyderabad259 km
- Bengaluru274 km
- Chennai420 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAspari18 km
- Bus stopAPSRTC Bus Station , Aluru3 km
- Hospital / PHCAdithya Clinic3 km
- ATM / bankPragathi Krishna Gramina Bank24 km
- Petrol pumpHP3 km
- CollegeGovernment PU College24 km
- Police stationII Town police station25 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- APSRTC Bus Station , Aluru2.7 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 518395
Villages near Arikera
Other villages in Alur mandal
View all 17 →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, 2026-09-13
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)