Floods damage crops of 71,796 farmers and 2,405 km of roads in Andhra Pradesh; Godavari rises again
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Soganur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Yemmiganur mandal is Nadhavalaih Temple , Gudikalva. No temple of this dedication is on record within Soganur itself.
Devi Navaratri with a different alankaram each day, most publicly at Vijayawada Kanaka Durga. Vijayadashami carries the Jammi leaf exchange and Aksharabhyasam for children.
The regional form observed across Andhra Pradesh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Soganur ranks #12 of 19 villages in Yemmiganur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Soganur is a village of 2,227 people in 474 households (Census 2011) in Yemmiganur mandal, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, the 12th-largest of 19 villages in Yemmiganur mandal. Literacy is 37%, 2 points above the mandal average of 35% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Kurnool district centre, 5 km from Nandavaram, the nearest town, 28 km from Mantralayam Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 518360, served by Yemmiganur post office; the LGD village code is 593824. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hani Poly Clinic, 6 km away. The village votes in Yemmiganur assembly constituency, represented by MLA B. Jayanageswara Reddy. The population is estimated at 2,425 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Soganur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soganur · this village | 2,227 | 37% | — |
| Tsallakudlur · Yemmiganur | 1,876 | 35% | 3 km E |
| Kalugotla · Yemmiganur | 4,551 | 35% | 4.2 km S |
| Muguthi · Nandavaram | 5,882 | 42% | 5.1 km W |
| Parlapalle · Yemmiganur | 4,648 | 32% | 5.4 km SE |
| Nandavaram · Nandavaram | 11,651 | 41% | 5.4 km NW |
| Kanakaveedu · Nandavaram | 6,531 | 28% | 5.5 km NE |
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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