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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
- 594040
- Pincode
- 518464
- Post office
- Kodumur
- Population
- 5,378
- Households
- 1,122
- Literacy rate
- 40.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1010 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,961
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 324 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 204 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ulindakonda · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bhavani Clinic · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Varkur compares
By population, Varkur ranks #6 of 10 villages in Kodumur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.9%
−6.9% vs mandal average
- Varkur
- 40.9%
- Kodumur mandal
- 47.8%
- Kurnool district
- 52.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,010
+41 vs mandal average
- Varkur
- 1,010
- Kodumur mandal
- 969
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Varkur
- 4.8
- Kodumur mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Varkur at a glance
Varkur is a village of 5,378 people in 1,122 households (Census 2011) in Kodumur mandal, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, the 6th-largest of 10 villages in Kodumur mandal. Literacy is 41%, 7 points below the mandal average of 48% and the sex ratio is 1,010 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Kurnool district centre, 3 km from Kodumur, the nearest town, 25 km from Ulindakonda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 518464, served by Kodumur post office; the LGD village code is 594040. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bhavani Clinic, 3 km away. The village votes in Kodumur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Boggula Dastagiri. The population is estimated at 5,857 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Varkur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varkur · this village | 5,378 | 41% | — |
| Lingamdinne · Gonegandla | 1,230 | 40% | 0.9 km S |
| Kodumur · Kodumur | 28,828 | 56% | 3.4 km E |
| Vemugodu · Gonegandla | 5,480 | 46% | 4.6 km W |
| Thippanur · Gonegandla | 3,566 | 38% | 4.8 km W |
| Kurnur · Gonegandla | 2,217 | 31% | 5.5 km S |
| Chanugondla · Gudur | 5,991 | 43% | 6 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Varkur
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 4
- 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
- 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
- YEMMIGANUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 31
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VARKUR
- Total area (ha)
- 1,549
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 216.63
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Varkur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Varkur
- LGD code
- 594040
- Pincode
- 518464
- Post office
- Kodumur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,378
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,857
- Households
- 1,122
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1010
- Literacy rate
- 40.9%
- Coordinates
- 15.69071°N, 77.74111°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kurnool
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kodumur
- Member of Parliament
- Bastipati Nagaraju Panchalingala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Boggula Dastagiri
- Block / Mandal
- Kodumur
Getting there
How to reach Varkur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati324 kmcapital
- Hyderabad204 km
- Bengaluru303 km
- Chennai398 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationUlindakonda25 km
- Bus stopLingamdinne Bus Stop2 km
- Hospital / PHCBhavani Clinic3 km
- ATM / bankSBI, Yemmiganur29 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil12 km
- CollegeGovt Junior College , Gonegandla14 km
- Police stationAPSP- 2 Betallion34 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 518464
Villages near Varkur
Other villages in Kodumur mandal
View all 9 →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)