Crops over 45,000 hectares damaged due to heavy rains in Andhra Pradesh
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Gowdamala observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Thottambedu mandal is Sri Datta avadootha Gotala Baba Samadhi. No temple of this dedication is on record within Gowdamala itself.
Devi Navaratri with a different alankaram each day, most publicly at Vijayawada Kanaka Durga. Vijayadashami carries the Jammi leaf exchange and Aksharabhyasam for children.
The regional form observed across Andhra Pradesh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Gowdamala ranks #22 of 41 villages in Thottambedu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gowdamala is a village of 675 people in 192 households (Census 2011) in Thottambedu mandal, Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh, the 22nd-largest of 41 villages in Thottambedu mandal. Literacy is 47%, 8 points below the mandal average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,064 women per 1,000 men. It lies 7 km from the Tirupati district centre, 40 km from Satyavedu, the nearest town, 10 km from Sri Kalahasti railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 517642, served by Peddakannali post office; the LGD village code is 595898. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Area Hospital ,Srikalahasti, 6 km away. The village votes in Satyavedu assembly constituency, represented by MLA Koneti Adimulam. The population is estimated at 735 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Thangellapalem →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gowdamala · this village | 675 | 47% | — |
| Bhavanisankarapuram · Buchinaidu Kandriga | 495 | 74% | 1.3 km N |
| Thangellapalem · Thottambedu | 1,132 | 47% | 1.9 km SW |
| Routhusuramala · Thottambedu | 855 | 43% | 2.3 km NE |
| Parlapalle · Buchinaidu Kandriga | 1,012 | 57% | 3 km S |
| Tatiparthy · Thottambedu | 398 | 54% | 3.1 km NW |
| Chellamambapuram · Buchinaidu Kandriga | 381 | 62% | 3.2 km SW |
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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