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Tuttagunta observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Friday, 25 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Unguturu mandal is Bhavana Rushi Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Tuttagunta 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, Tuttagunta ranks #26 of 30 villages in Unguturu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tuttagunta is a village of 306 people in 80 households (Census 2011) in Unguturu mandal, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, the 26th-largest of 30 villages in Unguturu mandal. Literacy is 76%, 10 points above the mandal average of 66% and the sex ratio is 987 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Krishna district centre, 6 km from Buddavaram, the nearest town, 5 km from Pedda Avutapale railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 521312, served by Vunguturu (Krishna) post office; the LGD village code is 589257. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 8 km away. The village votes in Gannavaram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yarlagadda Venkata Rao. The population is estimated at 333 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Thuttagunta →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuttagunta · this village | 306 | 76% | — |
| Velinutala · Unguturu | 502 | 68% | 1.6 km SW |
| Ponukumadu · Unguturu | 766 | 73% | 2.1 km E |
| Unguturu · Unguturu | 2,333 | 63% | 2.3 km SE |
| Nagavarappadu · Unguturu | 1,007 | 52% | 2.4 km S |
| Elukapadu · Unguturu | 487 | 69% | 3.1 km S |
| Veldipadu · Unguturu | 1,304 | 66% | 3.9 km S |
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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