Floods damage crops of 71,796 farmers and 2,405 km of roads in Andhra Pradesh; Godavari rises again
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Vanikunta observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
Temples near Vanikunta
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Ipuru mandal is Venkateswara swamy devalayamu. No temple of this dedication is on record within Vanikunta itself.
Devi Navaratri with a different alankaram each day, most publicly at Vijayawada Kanaka Durga. Vijayadashami carries the Jammi leaf exchange and Aksharabhyasam for children.
The regional form observed across Andhra Pradesh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Vanikunta ranks #10 of 13 villages in Ipuru mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vanikunta आन्ध्र प्रदेश के पलनाडु जिले के Ipuru मंडल में 1,851 लोगों 437 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो Ipuru मंडल के 13 गांवों में 10वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 49% है, जो मंडल औसत 46% से 2 अंक अधिक है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 942 महिलाएं। यह पलनाडु जिला मुख्यालय से 16 किमी, निकटतम कस्बे Gundlapalle से 25 किमी, Velpuru रेलवे स्टेशन से 9 किमी स्थित है (सीधी रेखा दूरी)। पिनकोड 522658 है, Ipuru डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 590123 है। निकटतम अस्पताल या स्वास्थ्य केंद्र Reciever है, 3 किमी दूर। गांव Darsi विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, विधायक Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 2,016 है, 2011 जनगणना से 9% अधिक।
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| गांव | जनसंख्या | साक्षरता | दूरी |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanikunta · यह गांव | 1,851 | 49% | — |
| Angalur · Ipuru | 2,165 | 46% | 2.4 किमी SW |
| Chittapuram · Ipuru | 2,282 | 47% | 3 किमी E |
| Gundepalle · Ipuru | 708 | 46% | 3.6 किमी SE |
| Agnigundala · Ipuru | 5,138 | 41% | 6 किमी W |
| Kotcherla · Ranastalam | 2,220 | 43% | 6.8 किमी SW |
| Kotcherla · Kalidindi | 1,231 | 56% | 6.8 किमी SW |
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.
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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