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Oleru observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
Temples near Oleru
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Bhattiprolu mandal is Rudravaram Grama Devata temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Oleru 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, Oleru ranks #6 of 12 villages in Bhattiprolu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Oleru is a village of 3,267 people in 1,108 households (Census 2011) in Bhattiprolu mandal, Bapatla district, Andhra Pradesh, the 6th-largest of 12 villages in Bhattiprolu mandal. Literacy is 63%, 2 points below the mandal average of 65% and the sex ratio is 998 women per 1,000 men. It lies 49 km from the Bapatla district centre, 8 km from Avanigadda, the nearest town, 6 km from Pallikona railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 522265, served by Repalle post office; the LGD village code is 590435. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pulse Hospitals, 6 km away. The village votes in Vemuru assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ananda Babu Nakka. The population is estimated at 3,558 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Oleru →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oleru · this village | 3,267 | 63% | — |
| Kollapalem · Kalidindi | 3,474 | 61% | 1.3 km NW |
| Gorigapudi · Bhattiprolu | 2,229 | 67% | 2.3 km NW |
| Pesarlanka · Bhattiprolu | 2,527 | 64% | 2.9 km N |
| Pedalanka · Bhattiprolu | 1,385 | 64% | 3.3 km N |
| Pedalanka · Kolluru | 4,246 | 58% | 3.3 km N |
| Peteru · Repalle | 8,547 | 61% | 3.6 km 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.
2 Churchs, 6 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
2 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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