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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
- 594409
- Pincode
- 518221
- Post office
- Peapully
- Population
- 1,084
- Households
- 237
- Literacy rate
- 36.1%
- Sex ratio
- 850 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 664
- Distance to district centre
- 46 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 310 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 228 km
- Nearest railway station
- Malkapuram · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Vani Poly Clinic · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Shotrium Valasala compares
By population, Shotrium Valasala ranks #15 of 16 villages in Dhone mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.1%
−11.3% vs mandal average
- Shotrium Valasala
- 36.1%
- Dhone mandal
- 47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
850
−111 vs mandal average
- Shotrium Valasala
- 850
- Dhone mandal
- 961
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Shotrium Valasala
- 4.6
- Dhone mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shotrium Valasala at a glance
Shotrium Valasala is a village of 1,084 people in 237 households (Census 2011) in Dhone mandal, Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh, the 15th-largest of 16 villages in Dhone mandal. Literacy is 36%, 11 points below the mandal average of 47% and the sex ratio is 850 women per 1,000 men. It lies 46 km from the Nandyal district centre, 12 km from Dhone, the nearest town, 3 km from Malkapuram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 518221, served by Peapully post office; the LGD village code is 594409. The nearest hospital or health centre is Vani Poly Clinic, 12 km away. The village votes in Dhone assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy. The population is estimated at 1,180 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chinna Malkapuram →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shotrium Valasala · this village | 1,084 | 36% | — |
| Chinna Malkapuram · Dhone | 7,010 | 52% | 2.8 km S |
| Malkapuram · Dhone | — | — | 5.6 km S |
| Kothapalle · Bethamcherla | 2,617 | 42% | 6.4 km E |
| Gutupalle · Bethamcherla | 5,155 | 48% | 7.3 km NE |
| Pasupula · Banaganapalli | 3,524 | 50% | 8.2 km SE |
| Govardhanagiri · Veldurthy | 6,397 | 47% | 8.6 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shotrium Valasala
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 17
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHONE
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 69
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CH. MALKAPURAM
- Total area (ha)
- 449
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3
- Forest area (ha)
- 24
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shotrium Valasala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shotrium Valasala
- LGD code
- 594409
- Pincode
- 518221
- Post office
- Peapully
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,084
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,180
- Households
- 237
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 850
- Literacy rate
- 36.1%
- Coordinates
- 15.39500°N, 77.98500°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nandyal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhone
- Member of Parliament
- Byreddy Shabari
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy
- Block / Mandal
- Dhone
Getting there
How to reach Shotrium Valasala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati310 kmcapital
- Hyderabad228 km
- Bengaluru273 km
- Chennai356 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMalkapuram3 km
- Bus stopRangapuram Bus Stop10 km
- Hospital / PHCVani Poly Clinic12 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank12 km
- Petrol pumpHP9 km
- CollegeApswrs& junior college for girls11 km
- Police stationAPSP- 2 Betallion48 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 518221
- PeapallyPeapully mandal15,200 pop
- GudipaduPeapully mandal5,260 pop
- JakkasanikuntlaPeapully mandal4,767 pop
- MettupallePeapully mandal4,609 pop
- PeddapodillaPeapully mandal3,956 pop
- DevarabandaDhone mandal3,399 pop
- PothidoddiPeapully mandal2,625 pop
- KothakotaDhone mandal2,524 pop
- VengalampallePeapully mandal2,402 pop
Villages near Shotrium Valasala
Other villages in Dhone mandal
View all 16 →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, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)