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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 589769
- Pincode
- 521125
- Post office
- Mopidevi
- Population
- 223
- Households
- 70
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Sex ratio
- 906 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 134
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 59 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 302 km
- Nearest railway station
- Repalle · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Padmavathi Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mellamarru compares
By population, Mellamarru ranks #16 of 17 villages in Mopidevi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.5%
−20.8% vs mandal average
- Mellamarru
- 43.5%
- Mopidevi mandal
- 64.3%
- Krishna district
- 66.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
906
−44 vs mandal average
- Mellamarru
- 906
- Mopidevi mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
3.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Mellamarru
- 3.2
- Mopidevi mandal
- 3.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mellamarru at a glance
Mellamarru is a village of 223 people in 70 households (Census 2011) in Mopidevi mandal, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, the 16th-largest of 17 villages in Mopidevi mandal. Literacy is 44%, 21 points below the mandal average of 64% and the sex ratio is 906 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Krishna district centre, 7 km from Challapalle, the nearest town, 16 km from Repalle railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 521125, served by Mopidevi post office; the LGD village code is 589769. The nearest hospital or health centre is Padmavathi Hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Avanigadda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Buddhaprasad Mandali. The population is estimated at 243 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pedakallepalli →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mellamarru · this village | 223 | 44% | — |
| Tekupalle · Mopidevi | 392 | 67% | 1.1 km W |
| Mellamarthi Lanka · Mopidevi | 573 | 65% | 1.1 km SW |
| Merakanapalle · Mopidevi | 981 | 59% | 1.8 km W |
| Ayodhya · Mopidevi | 137 | 69% | 2.3 km S |
| Pedakallepalle · Mopidevi | 6,547 | 62% | 2.3 km NE |
| Venkatapuram · Mopidevi | 1,347 | 64% | 2.6 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mellamarru
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MACHILIPATNAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 34
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 34
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PEDAKALLAPALLE
- Total area (ha)
- 52
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 48.16
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mellamarru
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mellamarru
- LGD code
- 589769
- Pincode
- 521125
- Post office
- Mopidevi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 223
- Population (projected 2026)
- 243
- Households
- 70
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 906
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Coordinates
- 16.07081°N, 80.97130°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Machilipatnam
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Avanigadda
- Member of Parliament
- Vallabhaneni Balashowry
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Buddhaprasad Mandali
- Block / Mandal
- Mopidevi
Getting there
How to reach Mellamarru
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati59 kmcapital
- Hyderabad302 km
- Chennai341 km
- Bengaluru501 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRepalle16 km
- Bus stopAPSRTC Bus Station , Mopidevi5 km
- Hospital / PHCPadmavathi Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India6 km
- Petrol pumpHP17 km
- CollegeMANDALI VENKATA KRISHNA RO B ED D ED COLLAGE7 km
- Police stationArpet Police Station21 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Mellamarru
1 Church, 4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Mellamarru
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Mandal Parishad Adarsha Elementary School, MopideviSchool4.7 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 521125
- MopideviMopidevi mandal7,438 pop
- KokkiligaddaMopidevi mandal4,893 pop
- North ChiruvolulankaMopidevi mandal3,781 pop
- PedaproluMopidevi mandal3,769 pop
- NagayatippaMopidevi mandal1,643 pop
- KaptanupalemMopidevi mandal1,262 pop
- ChiruvoluMopidevi mandal755 pop
- BobbarlankaMopidevi mandal754 pop
- Mopidevi LankaMopidevi mandal615 pop
Villages near Mellamarru
Other villages in Mopidevi mandal
View all 16 →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, 2026-09-13
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)