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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 592663
- Pincode
- 524421
- Post office
- Menakur
- Population
- 731
- Households
- 183
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Sex ratio
- 965 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 366
- Distance to district centre
- 6 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 311 km
- Distance to Chennai
- 97 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nayudupeta · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Pellakuru · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kothur compares
By population, Kothur ranks #18 of 28 villages in Pellakur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.6%
−1.6% vs mandal average
- Kothur
- 54.6%
- Pellakur mandal
- 56.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
965
−38 vs mandal average
- Kothur
- 965
- Pellakur mandal
- 1,003
Household size
people per home
4.0
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Kothur
- 4.0
- Pellakur mandal
- 3.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kothur at a glance
Kothur is a village of 731 people in 183 households (Census 2011) in Pellakur mandal, Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh, the 18th-largest of 28 villages in Pellakur mandal. Literacy is 55%, 2 points below the mandal average of 56% and the sex ratio is 965 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Tirupati district centre, 43 km from Arambakkam, the nearest town, 14 km from Nayudupeta railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 524421, served by Menakur post office; the LGD village code is 592663. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Pellakuru, <1 km away. The village votes in Sullurpeta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nelavala Vijayasree. The population is estimated at 862 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kothur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- 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
- SRIKALAHASTHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 1
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KOTHUR
- Total area (ha)
- 350
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 89.03
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kothur
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Key facts — Kothur
- LGD code
- 592663
- Pincode
- 524421
- Post office
- Menakur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 731
- Population (projected 2026)
- 862
- Households
- 183
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 965
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Coordinates
- 13.83138°N, 79.80145°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tirupati
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sullurpeta
- Member of Parliament
- Maddila Gurumoorthy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nelavala Vijayasree
- Block / Mandal
- Pellakur
Getting there
How to reach Kothur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati311 kmcapital
- Chennai97 km
- Bengaluru257 km
- Hyderabad419 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNayudupeta14 km
- Bus stopAttivaram X Roads Bus Stop9 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Pellakuru<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank14 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil1 km
- CollegeSree Kalahasteeswara Institute of Technology15 km
- Police stationHighway Patrol37 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Government Hospital, Pellakuruunder 1 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 524421
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Other villages named Kothur
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Villages near Kothur
Other villages in Pellakur mandal
View all 27 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)