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- LGD code
- 579319
- Pincode
- 534444
- Population
- 1,956
- Households
- 555
- Literacy rate
- 46.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1090 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,232
- Distance to district centre
- 78 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 126 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 271 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pandurangapuram · 32 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sub Centre, Pagadalapalli · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Upperu compares
By population, Upperu ranks #6 of 27 villages in Kukunoor mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.4%
−3.0% vs mandal average
- Upperu
- 46.4%
- Kukunoor mandal
- 49.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,090
+76 vs mandal average
- Upperu
- 1,090
- Kukunoor mandal
- 1,014
Household size
people per home
3.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Upperu
- 3.5
- Kukunoor mandal
- 3.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Upperu at a glance
Upperu is a village of 1,956 people in 555 households (Census 2011) in Kukunoor mandal, Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh, the 6th-largest of 27 villages in Kukunoor mandal. Literacy is 46%, 3 points below the mandal average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,090 women per 1,000 men. It lies 78 km from the Eluru district centre, 19 km from Bhadrachalam, the nearest town, 32 km from Pandurangapuram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 534444; the LGD village code is 579319. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub Centre, Pagadalapalli, 17 km away. The population is estimated at 2,130 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Upperu →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upperu · this village | 1,956 | 46% | — |
| Amaravaram · Kukunoor | 1,834 | 47% | 2.4 km W |
| Amaravaram · Huzurnagar | 4,102 | 54% | 2.4 km W |
| Damaracharla · Kukunoor | 1,614 | 43% | 3.4 km NE |
| Polaram · Kukunoor | 0 | — | 3.4 km E |
| Gommu Koyagudem · Yetapaka | 488 | 42% | 4.1 km N |
| Gogubaka · Yetapaka | 518 | 42% | 4.3 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Upperu
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PALWANCHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 41
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 130
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 27
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- UPPERU
- Total area (ha)
- 2,165
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 54.64
- Forest area (ha)
- 411.6
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Upperu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Upperu
- LGD code
- 579319
- Pincode
- 534444
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,956
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,130
- Households
- 555
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1090
- Literacy rate
- 46.4%
- Coordinates
- 17.58072°N, 81.03502°E
- Block / Mandal
- Kukunoor
Getting there
How to reach Upperu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati126 kmcapital
- Hyderabad271 km
- Chennai507 km
- Bengaluru631 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPandurangapuram32 km
- Bus stopNellipaka Bus Stop9 km
- Hospital / PHCSub Centre, Pagadalapalli17 km
- ATM / bankAandra bank18 km
- Petrol pumpHP9 km
- CollegeB.E.D college18 km
- Police stationesuguralla palli police base23 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 534444
- KukunoorKukunoor mandal6,380 pop
- ThatukurVelairpadu mandal5,549 pop
- RepakagommuVelairpadu mandal4,625 pop
- Ravigudem [Big]Kukunoor mandal2,845 pop
- DacharamKukunoor mandal2,793 pop
- SridharaKukunoor mandal2,166 pop
- ThondipakaKukunoor mandal2,060 pop
- AmaravaramKukunoor mandal1,834 pop
- RamavaramVelairpadu mandal1,815 pop
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Other villages named Upperu
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Villages near Upperu
Other villages in Kukunoor mandal
View all 26 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)