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Pollada observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
Temples near Pollada
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Vajrapukotturu mandal is Jambalamma Ammavaari Marri Chettu Mandapam , Jarjangi. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pollada 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, Pollada ranks #29 of 59 villages in Vajrapukotturu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pollada is a village of 862 people in 216 households (Census 2011) in Vajrapukotturu mandal, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, the 29th-largest of 59 villages in Vajrapukotturu mandal. Literacy is 64%, 6 points above the mandal average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,033 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Srikakulam district centre, 32 km from Pathapatnam, the nearest town, 2 km from Routhpuram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 532218, served by Pundi R S post office; the LGD village code is 580571. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Pundi, 6 km away. The village votes in Tekkali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Atchannaidu Kinjarapu. The population is estimated at 939 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sainuru →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pollada · this village | 862 | 64% | — |
| Komarlatada · Vajrapukotturu | 2,828 | 57% | 0.8 km SE |
| Suryamanipuram · Vajrapukotturu | 235 | 57% | 1.1 km S |
| Sunkara Jaganadhapuram · Vajrapukotturu | 1,143 | 50% | 1.4 km NE |
| Synooru · Vajrapukotturu | 670 | 57% | 1.8 km NE |
| Uddanamraipadu · Vajrapukotturu | 50 | 68% | 1.9 km NE |
| Pathatekkali · Vajrapukotturu | 2,257 | 65% | 2 km N |
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.
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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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