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Maredumaka observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Kankipadu mandal is Sri Anjiniya Bhavani Shanker Surya Narayana Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Maredumaka 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, Maredumaka ranks #16 of 18 villages in Kankipadu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maredumaka is a village of 997 people in 276 households (Census 2011) in Kankipadu mandal, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, the 16th-largest of 18 villages in Kankipadu mandal. Literacy is 71%, 2 points above the mandal average of 69% and the sex ratio is 982 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Krishna district centre, 7 km from Buddavaram, the nearest town, 2 km from Tarigoppula railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 521260, served by Manikonda post office; the LGD village code is 589489. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Katuru, 6 km away. The village votes in Penamaluru assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bode Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,086 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Maredumaka →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maredumaka · this village | 997 | 71% | — |
| Tarigoppula · Unguturu | 2,393 | 63% | 1.8 km N |
| Tenneru · Kankipadu | 3,646 | 70% | 1.9 km NW |
| Bokinala · Unguturu | 562 | 56% | 2.4 km E |
| Manikonda · Unguturu | 6,444 | 67% | 2.5 km S |
| Chikinala · Unguturu | 310 | 70% | 2.5 km SE |
| Komatigunta · Gopalapuram | 1,121 | 66% | 2.6 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.
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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