Floods damage crops of 71,796 farmers and 2,405 km of roads in Andhra Pradesh; Godavari rises again
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Moparru observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
Temples near Moparru
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Amarthalur mandal is Sri Ramalingeswara Swami Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Moparru 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, Moparru ranks #7 of 13 villages in Amarthalur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Moparru is a village of 3,324 people in 972 households (Census 2011) in Amarthalur mandal, Bapatla district, Andhra Pradesh, the 7th-largest of 13 villages in Amarthalur mandal. Literacy is 69%, 3 points above the mandal average of 67% and the sex ratio is 995 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Bapatla district centre, 8 km from Arumbaka, the nearest town, 4 km from Modukuru railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 522312, served by Turumella post office; the LGD village code is 590390. The nearest hospital or health centre is Srilakshmi Nursing Home, 8 km away. The village votes in Vemuru assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ananda Babu Nakka. The population is estimated at 3,919 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Moparru →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moparru · this village | 3,324 | 69% | — |
| Thurumella · Rompicharla | 4,222 | 46% | 2.2 km E |
| Thurumella · Amarthalur | 1,422 | 70% | 2.2 km E |
| Pyaparru · Amarthalur | 2,465 | 65% | 2.8 km S |
| Bodapadu · Amarthalur | 1,423 | 69% | 2.9 km SW |
| Yelavarru · Amarthalur | 2,055 | 63% | 3.1 km SE |
| Koditadiparru · Amarthalur | 757 | 71% | 3.3 km NE |
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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