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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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- LGD code
- 594151
- Pincode
- 518395
- Post office
- Alur (Kurnool)
- Population
- 2,213
- Households
- 386
- Literacy rate
- 44.1%
- Sex ratio
- 918 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,258
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 386 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 251 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nagarur · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Adithya Clinic · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kurukunda compares
By population, Kurukunda ranks #8 of 18 villages in Alur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.1%
−8.0% vs mandal average
- Kurukunda
- 44.1%
- Alur mandal
- 52.1%
- Kurnool district
- 52.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
918
−36 vs mandal average
- Kurukunda
- 918
- Alur mandal
- 954
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Kurukunda
- 5.7
- Alur mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kurukunda at a glance
Kurukunda is a village of 2,213 people in 386 households (Census 2011) in Alur mandal, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, the 8th-largest of 18 villages in Alur mandal. Literacy is 44%, 8 points below the mandal average of 52% and the sex ratio is 918 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Kurnool district centre, 16 km from Holagunda, the nearest town, 14 km from Nagarur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 518395, served by Alur (Kurnool) post office; the LGD village code is 594151. The nearest hospital or health centre is Adithya Clinic, 12 km away. The village votes in Alur assembly constituency, represented by MLA B. Virupakshi. The population is estimated at 2,609 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kurukunda →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurukunda · this village | 2,213 | 44% | — |
| Muddanagiri · Alur | 1,245 | 43% | 2.2 km S |
| A.Gonehal · Alur | 345 | 55% | 4.4 km NE |
| Angaskal · Alur | 893 | 50% | 4.7 km SE |
| Karadiguddam · Alur | 414 | 40% | 4.8 km S |
| Neraniki · Holagunda | 3,995 | 27% | 5 km SW |
| Manikurthi · Alur | 1,608 | 60% | 5 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kurukunda
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- 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
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- 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)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 120
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KURUKUNDA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,956
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Kurukunda
- LGD code
- 594151
- Pincode
- 518395
- Post office
- Alur (Kurnool)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,213
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,609
- Households
- 386
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 918
- Literacy rate
- 44.1%
- Coordinates
- 15.49563°N, 77.19177°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 Kurukunda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati386 kmcapital
- Hyderabad251 km
- Bengaluru284 km
- Chennai427 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNagarur14 km
- Bus stopAPSRTC Bus Station , Aluru11 km
- Hospital / PHCAdithya Clinic12 km
- ATM / bankPragathi Krusna Gramina Bank K.belagal22 km
- Petrol pumpHP12 km
- CollegeNational college17 km
- Police stationII Town police station17 km
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Villages sharing pincode 518395
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Other villages named Kurukunda
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Villages near Kurukunda
Other villages in Alur mandal
View all 17 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)