With 42% deficit rainfall, Andhra Pradesh is third worst-hit State in India this monsoon season
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Devulacheruvu observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Gorantla mandal is Madhavaraya temple (old Vishnu temple). No temple of this dedication is on record within Devulacheruvu 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, Devulacheruvu ranks #16 of 21 villages in Gorantla mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Devulacheruvu is a village of 238 people in 58 households (Census 2011) in Gorantla mandal, Sri Sathya Sai district, Andhra Pradesh, the 16th-largest of 21 villages in Gorantla mandal. Literacy is 44%, 12 points below the mandal average of 56% and the sex ratio is 983 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Sri Sathya Sai district centre, 9 km from Gorantla, the nearest town, 13 km from Chakarlapalli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 515561, served by Obula Devara Cheruvu post office; the LGD village code is 595526. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sree Teja Health Care, 8 km away. The village votes in Penukonda assembly constituency, represented by MLA S. Savitha. The population is estimated at 259 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Vadigepalli →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devulacheruvu · this village | 238 | 44% | — |
| Vadigepalle · Gorantla | 2,795 | 50% | 0.7 km S |
| Palasamudram · Gorantla | 3,404 | 58% | 2.3 km W |
| Mallapalle · Gorantla | 3,040 | 57% | 2.8 km NE |
| Buganipalle · Gorantla | 504 | 51% | 4.7 km NE |
| Budili · Gorantla | 9,015 | 51% | 4.7 km SE |
| Buchepalli · Kolar Gold Field | 509 | 61% | 6.4 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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