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Devunikanapaka observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Gurla mandal is sri vigna raja parvathi paramswarlu. No temple of this dedication is on record within Devunikanapaka 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, Devunikanapaka ranks #25 of 39 villages in Gurla mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Devunikanapaka is a village of 1,124 people in 267 households (Census 2011) in Gurla mandal, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, the 25th-largest of 39 villages in Gurla mandal. Literacy is 38%, 6 points below the mandal average of 44% and the sex ratio is 1,004 women per 1,000 men. It lies 15 km from the Vizianagaram district centre, 31 km from Ramabhadrapuram, the nearest town, 6 km from Garividi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 535101, served by Shreeramnagar post office; the LGD village code is 582832. The nearest hospital or health centre is ESI Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Nellimarla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Lokam Naga Madhavi. The population is estimated at 1,224 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Devunikanapaka →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devunikanapaka · this village | 1,124 | 38% | — |
| Pakeerukittali · Gurla | 1,386 | 43% | 1.6 km SW |
| Thathavarikittali · Gurla | 665 | 31% | 2 km SE |
| Kondagandredu · Gurla | 2,982 | 36% | 2.8 km W |
| Pedabantupalle · Gurla | 2,543 | 46% | 3.4 km NE |
| Lavidam · Gurla | 973 | 46% | 3.4 km NE |
| Thettangi · Gurla | 2,042 | 39% | 3.8 km S |
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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