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Oduru observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Chillakur mandal is Siva Hill Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Oduru 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, Oduru ranks #10 of 30 villages in Chillakur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Oduru is a village of 2,277 people in 622 households (Census 2011) in Chillakur mandal, Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh, the 10th-largest of 30 villages in Chillakur mandal. Literacy is 56%, 3 points above the mandal average of 53% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Tirupati district centre, 35 km from Muthukur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Odur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 524410, served by Kadivedu post office; the LGD village code is 592491. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Ayurvedic Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Gudur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pasim Sunil Kumar. The population is estimated at 2,685 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oduru · this village | 2,277 | 56% | — |
| Theepanur · Chillakur | 602 | 63% | 2.9 km N |
| Mekanur · Gudur | 1,426 | 50% | 3 km NW |
| Budanam · Chillakur | 1,605 | 48% | 3 km E |
| Peda Pariya · Ozili | 1,162 | 61% | 3.9 km S |
| Bhuvanagiripalem · Ozili | 561 | 47% | 3.9 km SW |
| Nakkalakalva Khandrika · Chillakur | 140 | 48% | 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.
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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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