Rain brings relief to farmers in Telangana’s Karimnagar
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Elbaka observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Telangana.
The principal temple recorded for Veenavanka mandal is Hanuman Temple, Sirsapalli. No temple of this dedication is on record within Elbaka 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, Elbaka ranks #4 of 14 villages in Veenavanka mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Elbaka is a village of 4,362 people in 1,242 households (Census 2011) in Veenavanka mandal, Karimnagar district, Telangana, the 4th-largest of 14 villages in Veenavanka mandal. Literacy is 55%, 2 points below the mandal average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,036 women per 1,000 men. It lies 104 km from the Karimnagar district centre, 42 km from Jangedu, the nearest town, 69 km from Chintalpalli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 505502, served by Veenavanka post office; the LGD village code is 572529. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub Centre, Medaram, 3 km away. The population is estimated at 5,143 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Elbaka →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elbaka · this village | 4,362 | 55% | — |
| Elbaka · Tadvai | 382 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Vengalapuram · Tadvai | 484 | 60% | 3 km S |
| Gonepalle · Tadvai | 318 | 50% | 3.5 km S |
| Kanneboinapalle · Tadvai | 227 | 83% | 3.6 km N |
| Motlagudem · Tadvai | 0 | — | 5.8 km S |
| Muthapur · Govindaraopet | 340 | 44% | 8.4 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.
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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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