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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
- 589810
- Pincode
- 522613
- Post office
- Veldurthy
- Population
- 6,906
- Households
- 1,663
- Literacy rate
- 36.2%
- Sex ratio
- 994 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 4,146
- Distance to district centre
- 63 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 144 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 141 km
- Nearest railway station
- Macherla · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Koppunur · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kandlakunta compares
By population, Kandlakunta ranks #3 of 9 villages in Veldurthy mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.2%
−4.6% vs mandal average
- Kandlakunta
- 36.2%
- Veldurthy mandal
- 40.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
994
+1 vs mandal average
- Kandlakunta
- 994
- Veldurthy mandal
- 993
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kandlakunta
- 4.2
- Veldurthy mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kandlakunta at a glance
Kandlakunta is a village of 6,906 people in 1,663 households (Census 2011) in Veldurthy mandal, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 9 villages in Veldurthy mandal. Literacy is 36%, 5 points below the mandal average of 41% and the sex ratio is 994 women per 1,000 men. It lies 63 km from the Palnadu district centre, 33 km from Rentachintala, the nearest town, 18 km from Macherla railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 522613, served by Veldurthy post office; the LGD village code is 589810. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Koppunur, 12 km away. The village votes in Macherla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brahmanandareddy Julakanti. The population is estimated at 7,521 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kandlakunta →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kandlakunta · this village | 6,906 | 36% | — |
| Gundlapadu · Veldurthy | 6,024 | 38% | 4.9 km SE |
| Gottipalla · Veldurthy | 7,208 | 34% | 5.5 km S |
| Srigiripadu · Veldurthy | 9,579 | 41% | 7.3 km S |
| Veldurthi · Veldurthy | 4,552 | 47% | 8.2 km SE |
| Rachamallipadu · Veldurthy | 3,941 | 41% | 9.1 km NE |
| Uppalapadu · Veldurthy | 4,323 | 48% | 11.2 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kandlakunta
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 6
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- 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
- MACHERLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 150
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KANDLAKUNTA, KOTHAPULLAREDDY PURAM
- Total area (ha)
- 5,543
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,558
- Forest area (ha)
- 2,548
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kandlakunta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kandlakunta
- LGD code
- 589810
- Pincode
- 522613
- Post office
- Veldurthy
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,906
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,521
- Households
- 1,663
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 994
- Literacy rate
- 36.2%
- Coordinates
- 16.38333°N, 79.30000°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Narasaraopet
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Macherla
- Member of Parliament
- Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Brahmanandareddy Julakanti
- Block / Mandal
- Veldurthy
Getting there
How to reach Kandlakunta
Nearest town · 16,523 people
Rentachintala · ≈ 33 km
≈ 1 h 7 min by car · 1 h 20 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati144 kmcapital
- Hyderabad141 km
- Chennai382 km
- Bengaluru421 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMacherla18 km
- Bus stopVeldurthi Bus Stop9 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Koppunur12 km
- Petrol pumpEssar34 km
- CollegeNewton's Institute of Engineering13 km
- Police stationpolice station25 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 522613
Villages near Kandlakunta
Other villages in Veldurthy mandal
View all 8 →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)