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Veerapur observes Bathukamma on Saturday, 10 October 2026, along with the rest of Telangana.
The principal temple recorded for Bejjanki mandal is Hanuman Temple, Tarigoppula. No temple of this dedication is on record within Veerapur itself.
The state festival, kept in every district. Engili Pula Bathukamma on the first day and Saddula Bathukamma on the ninth, the largest, on the eve of Dussehra. Hyderabad's Tank Bund gathering is the biggest single one.
The regional form observed across Telangana. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Veerapur ranks #13 of 16 villages in Bejjanki mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Veerapur is a village of 864 people in 222 households (Census 2011) in Bejjanki mandal, Siddipet district, Telangana, the 13th-largest of 16 villages in Bejjanki mandal. Literacy is 61%, 3 points above the mandal average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,082 women per 1,000 men. It lies 171 km from the Siddipet district centre, 57 km from Jangedu, the nearest town, 72 km from Manuguru railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 505530, served by Thotapalli (Karim Nagar) post office; the LGD village code is 572502. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Ayurvedic Dispensary, Royyur (NRHM), 1 km away. The sarpanch is Sathish Chilumula. The population is estimated at 1,019 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Veerapur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veerapur · this village | 864 | 61% | — |
| Chalpaka · Eturunagaram | 992 | 45% | 1.5 km W |
| Elishettipalle · Eturunagaram | 296 | 59% | 3.4 km W |
| Shankarajpalle · Eturunagaram | 1,609 | 49% | 5.4 km E |
| Kanthanpalle · Kannaigudem | 581 | 38% | 6.3 km NE |
| Etur · Kannaigudem | 530 | 38% | 6.9 km N |
| Eturnagaram · Eturunagaram | 8,278 | 60% | 8.3 km SE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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