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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
THAGALLA KONDAL
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- LGD code
- 575319
- Pincode
- 509360
- Post office
- Veldanda
- Population
- 3,126
- Households
- 721
- Literacy rate
- 38.1%
- Sex ratio
- 950 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,699
- Distance to district centre
- 281 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 269 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 313 km
- Distance to Chennai
- 361 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chilakalapudi · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Tejorama Carewell Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pothepalle compares
By population, Pothepalle ranks #4 of 16 villages in Veldanda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
38.1%
−5.9% vs mandal average
- Pothepalle
- 38.1%
- Veldanda mandal
- 44.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
950
−21 vs mandal average
- Pothepalle
- 950
- Veldanda mandal
- 971
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Pothepalle
- 4.3
- Veldanda mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pothepalle at a glance
Pothepalle is a village of 3,126 people in 721 households (Census 2011) in Veldanda mandal, Nagarkurnool district, Telangana, the 4th-largest of 16 villages in Veldanda mandal. Literacy is 38%, 6 points below the mandal average of 44% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. It lies 281 km from the Nagarkurnool district centre, 1 km from Machavaram, the nearest town, 2 km from Chilakalapudi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 509360, served by Veldanda post office; the LGD village code is 575319. The nearest hospital or health centre is Tejorama Carewell Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is THAGALLA KONDAL. The population is estimated at 3,268 in 2026, up 5% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pothepalle · this village | 3,126 | 38% | — |
| Pothepalle · Bejjur | 1,147 | 35% | 0 km N |
| Pothepalle · Penchicalpet | 460 | 40% | 0 km N |
| Pothepalle · Bheemini | 0 | — | 0 km N |
| Pothepalle · Luxettipet | 1,700 | 55% | 0 km N |
| Pothepalle · Machilipatnam | 2,943 | 69% | 0.5 km NE |
| Machavaram · Ambajipeta | 17,185 | 75% | 1.2 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pothepalle
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 15
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- MAHBUBNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 73
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 73
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- POTHEPALLE
- Total area (ha)
- 1,336
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 244.43
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pothepalle
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pothepalle
- LGD code
- 575319
- Pincode
- 509360
- Post office
- Veldanda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,126
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,268
- Households
- 721
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 950
- Literacy rate
- 38.1%
- Coordinates
- 16.21597°N, 81.15916°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nagarkurnool
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalwakurthy
- Member of Parliament
- Mallu Ravi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- THAGALLA KONDAL
- Block / Mandal
- Veldanda
Getting there
How to reach Pothepalle
Distance to cities · straight line
- Hyderabad313 kmcapital
- Chennai361 km
- Bengaluru527 km
- Mumbai933 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChilakalapudi2 km
- Bus stopHussainpalem3 km
- Hospital / PHCTejorama Carewell Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India2 km
- Petrol pumppetrol bunk3 km
- Collegestar college3 km
- Police stationChilakalapudi Police Station3 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Pothepalle
3 Churchs, 5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Pothepalle
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓ZP high schoolHigh school2.5 km ↗
- 🎓star collegeCollege3.1 km ↗
- 🏫Narayana E-Techno SchoolSchool3.4 km ↗
- 🏫Dr KKKR's Gowtham SchoolSchool3.4 km ↗
- 🎓Nirmala High school palygroundHigh school3.6 km ↗
- 🏫Kinder Star SchoolSchool3.7 km ↗
- 🎓Medical College of GovernmentCollege3.9 km ↗
- 🏫S R Prime SchoolSchool4.0 km ↗
- 🏫Master E.K Bala Bhanu VidyalamSchool4.1 km ↗
- 🎓R.K Junior CollegeCollege4.1 km ↗
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View all 17 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)