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Rolla Penta observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Dornala mandal is Sri MahaLingeswara Swamy Vari Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Rolla Penta 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, Rolla Penta ranks #17 of 19 villages in Dornala mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rolla Penta is a village of 36 people in 13 households (Census 2011) in Dornala mandal, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, the 17th-largest of 19 villages in Dornala mandal. Literacy is 56%, 6 points above the mandal average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 82 km from the Prakasam district centre, 16 km from Atmakur, the nearest town, 41 km from Cumbum railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 523331, served by Pedda Dornala post office; the LGD village code is 590593. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Primary Hospital, 19 km away. The village votes in Yerragondapalem assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandra Sekhar Tatiparthi. The population is estimated at 39 in 2026, up 8% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Korraprolu →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolla Penta · this village | 36 | 56% | — |
| China Manthanala · Dornala | 222 | 5% | 4.8 km E |
| Pothurajukunta · Atmakur | 0 | — | 7.1 km W |
| Nallaguntla · Dornala | 1,967 | 50% | 10.4 km E |
| Pedamanthanala · Dornala | 430 | 35% | 12.1 km NE |
| Nagalooty Gudum · Atmakur | 231 | 36% | 12.7 km NW |
| Nalla Guntla Gudem · Dornala | 585 | 40% | 13 km E |
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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