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Gundlapadu observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Veldurthy mandal is Sri Veerabrahmendra Swamy Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Gundlapadu itself.
Called Vinayaka Chavithi. Clay idols, the 21-leaf puja and undrallu are central. Community mandapams run for days, the Khairatabad idol in Hyderabad being the largest and drawing the biggest immersion procession.
The regional form observed across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Gundlapadu ranks #4 of 9 villages in Veldurthy mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gundlapadu is a village of 6,024 people in 1,426 households (Census 2011) in Veldurthy mandal, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh, the 4th-largest of 9 villages in Veldurthy mandal. Literacy is 38%, 3 points below the mandal average of 41% and the sex ratio is 946 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Palnadu district centre, 31 km from Rentachintala, the nearest town, 16 km from Macherla railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 522613, served by Veldurthy post office; the LGD village code is 589813. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Koppunur, 13 km away. The village votes in Macherla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brahmanandareddy Julakanti. The population is estimated at 6,560 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gundlapadu →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gundlapadu · this village | 6,024 | 38% | — |
| Veldurthi · Veldurthy | 4,552 | 47% | 3.3 km SE |
| Kandlakunta · Veldurthy | 6,906 | 36% | 4.9 km NW |
| Srigiripadu · Veldurthy | 9,579 | 41% | 5 km SW |
| Gottipalla · Veldurthy | 7,208 | 34% | 5.8 km SW |
| Uppalapadu · Veldurthy | 4,323 | 48% | 6.4 km E |
| Rachamallipadu · Veldurthy | 3,941 | 41% | 7.4 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.
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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