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Kothuru observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
Temples near Kothuru
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Pedapadu mandal is Sri Sri Sri Kanakamahalakshmi Devasthanam. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kothuru 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, Kothuru ranks #9 of 26 villages in Pedapadu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kothuru is a village of 3,082 people in 800 households (Census 2011) in Pedapadu mandal, Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh, the 9th-largest of 26 villages in Pedapadu mandal. Literacy is 66%, 2 points below the mandal average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,026 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Eluru district centre, 5 km from Bapulapadu, the nearest town, 3 km from Nuzvid railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 534437, served by Pedapadu post office; the LGD village code is 588398. The nearest hospital or health centre is Raghava Nursing Home, 7 km away. The village votes in Denduluru assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chintamaneni Prabhakar. The population is estimated at 3,634 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kothuru →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kothuru · this village | 3,082 | 66% | — |
| Koyyuru · Bapulapadu | 1,586 | 69% | 0 km N |
| Pallerlamudi · Nuzividu | 4,225 | 55% | 1.6 km N |
| Bommuluru · Bapulapadu | 2,607 | 70% | 2.5 km SE |
| Epuru · Pedapadu | 6,849 | 59% | 2.8 km SW |
| Kokkirapadu · Pedapadu | 2,177 | 60% | 3 km NE |
| Kalaparru · Pedapadu | 2,987 | 71% | 3 km E |
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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