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Munjeru observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Bhogapuram mandal is Sri Kunchamambika Ammavari Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Munjeru 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, Munjeru ranks #6 of 21 villages in Bhogapuram mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Munjeru is a village of 3,571 people in 954 households (Census 2011) in Bhogapuram mandal, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, the 6th-largest of 21 villages in Bhogapuram mandal. Literacy is 43%, 2 points below the mandal average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,008 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Vizianagaram district centre, 28 km from Jami, the nearest town, 17 km from Vizianagaram Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 535216, served by Bhogapuram post office; the LGD village code is 583236. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Pusapatirega, 9 km away. The village votes in Bhimli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ganta Srinivasa Rao. The population is estimated at 3,889 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Munjeru →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munjeru · this village | 3,571 | 43% | — |
| Jaggayyapeta · Bhogapuram | 863 | 46% | 1.3 km NW |
| Subbannapeta @ Pilakavani Agraharam · Bhogapuram | 168 | 45% | 2.1 km E |
| Chakivalasa · Bhogapuram | 1,172 | 41% | 2.4 km W |
| Gudepuvalasa · Bhogapuram | 2,184 | 38% | 3.1 km SW |
| Gudepuvalasa · Badangi | 2,001 | 47% | 3.1 km SW |
| Kongavanipalem · Bhogapuram | 6,872 | 33% | 3.2 km SE |
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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