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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
- 594580
- Pincode
- 518145
- Post office
- Nossam
- Population
- 5,750
- Households
- 1,373
- Literacy rate
- 59.3%
- Sex ratio
- 991 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,198
- Distance to district centre
- 56 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 21 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 295 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 240 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nossam · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Meghana Hospital & Diagnostic Centre · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Nossam compares
By population, Nossam ranks #1 of 21 villages in Sanjamala mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
59.3%
+4.4% vs mandal average
- Nossam
- 59.3%
- Sanjamala mandal
- 54.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
991
+5 vs mandal average
- Nossam
- 991
- Sanjamala mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Nossam
- 4.2
- Sanjamala mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nossam at a glance
Nossam is a village of 5,750 people in 1,373 households (Census 2011) in Sanjamala mandal, Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh, the largest of 21 villages in Sanjamala mandal. Literacy is 59%, 4 points above the mandal average of 55% and the sex ratio is 991 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Nandyal district centre, 21 km from Allagadda, the nearest town, under 1 km from Nossam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 518145, served by Nossam post office; the LGD village code is 594580. The nearest hospital or health centre is Meghana Hospital & Diagnostic Centre, 13 km away. The village votes in Banaganapalle assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bobbala Chinnolla Janardhan Reddy. The population is estimated at 6,262 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nossam · this village | 5,750 | 59% | — |
| Bheemagundam · Peddamudiam | 1,078 | 56% | 3 km SW |
| B.Venkatapuram · Peddamudiam | 0 | — | 3.9 km E |
| Gundlakunta · Peddamudiam | 1,665 | 56% | 4 km SE |
| Bhutamapuram · Peddamudiam | 531 | 55% | 4.3 km SW |
| Boditippanapadu · Peddamudiam | 1,292 | 55% | 4.9 km SE |
| Palur · Peddamudiam | 1,846 | 52% | 6 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nossam
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- NANDYAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 69
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 95
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NOSSAM&AKKAMPALLE
- Total area (ha)
- 3,753
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 130.33
- Forest area (ha)
- 1,730
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nossam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Nossam
- LGD code
- 594580
- Pincode
- 518145
- Post office
- Nossam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,750
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,262
- Households
- 1,373
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 991
- Literacy rate
- 59.3%
- Coordinates
- 14.98666°N, 78.39123°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nandyal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Banaganapalle
- Member of Parliament
- Byreddy Shabari
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bobbala Chinnolla Janardhan Reddy
- Block / Mandal
- Sanjamala
- Nearest railway station
- Nossam (1.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Nossam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati295 kmcapital
- Bengaluru240 km
- Hyderabad267 km
- Chennai293 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNossam<1 km
- Bus stopUyyalavada Bus Stop13 km
- Hospital / PHCMeghana Hospital & Diagnostic Centre13 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum28 km
- CollegeKadapa Techno High School31 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Nossamunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Nossam
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Krishna MandiramTemple2.8 km ↗
Villages near Nossam
Other villages in Sanjamala mandal
View all 20 →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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)