Floods damage crops of 71,796 farmers and 2,405 km of roads in Andhra Pradesh; Godavari rises again
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Veldipadu observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 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 Veldipadu 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, Veldipadu ranks #11 of 30 villages in Unguturu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Veldipadu is a village of 1,304 people in 399 households (Census 2011) in Unguturu mandal, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, the 11th-largest of 30 villages in Unguturu mandal. Literacy is 66%, about the same as the mandal average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,019 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Krishna district centre, 6 km from Buddavaram, the nearest town, 3 km from Tarigoppula railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 521312, served by Vunguturu (Krishna) post office; the LGD village code is 589267. 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 1,420 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Veldipadu →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veldipadu · this village | 1,304 | 66% | — |
| Veldipadu Khandrika · Unguturu | 0 | — | 0.8 km SE |
| Nagavarappadu · Unguturu | 1,007 | 52% | 1.5 km NE |
| Vempadu · Unguturu | 1,417 | 64% | 1.7 km SW |
| Chagantipadu · Unguturu | 858 | 71% | 2.2 km S |
| Elukapadu · Unguturu | 487 | 69% | 2.3 km E |
| Velinutala · Unguturu | 502 | 68% | 2.6 km N |
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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