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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 594189
- Pincode
- 518465
- Post office
- Devanakonda
- Population
- 2,400
- Households
- 502
- Literacy rate
- 43.6%
- Sex ratio
- 929 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,404
- Distance to district centre
- 6 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 350 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 224 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nagarur · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Jayaram · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Potlapadu compares
By population, Potlapadu ranks #13 of 15 villages in Devanakonda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.6%
+4.5% vs mandal average
- Potlapadu
- 43.6%
- Devanakonda mandal
- 39.1%
- Kurnool district
- 52.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
929
−29 vs mandal average
- Potlapadu
- 929
- Devanakonda mandal
- 958
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Potlapadu
- 4.8
- Devanakonda mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Potlapadu at a glance
Potlapadu is a village of 2,400 people in 502 households (Census 2011) in Devanakonda mandal, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, the 13th-largest of 15 villages in Devanakonda mandal. Literacy is 44%, 5 points above the mandal average of 39% and the sex ratio is 929 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Kurnool district centre, 8 km from Devanakonda, the nearest town, 22 km from Nagarur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 518465, served by Devanakonda post office; the LGD village code is 594189. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Jayaram, 3 km away. The village votes in Alur assembly constituency, represented by MLA B. Virupakshi. The population is estimated at 2,830 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potlapadu · this village | 2,400 | 44% | — |
| Banavanur · Aspari | 2,302 | 42% | 1.4 km NW |
| Kunkanur · Devanakonda | 5,356 | 36% | 3.4 km SE |
| Byluppala · Gonegandla | 2,939 | 34% | 4.6 km N |
| Ternekal · Devanakonda | 8,743 | 40% | 5 km NE |
| Karumanchi · Aspari | 3,730 | 35% | 5.3 km W |
| B Agraharam · Gonegandla | 2,322 | 44% | 5.9 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Potlapadu
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- YEMMIGANUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 74
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- POTLAPADU
- Total area (ha)
- 1,391
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 88.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Potlapadu
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Key facts — Potlapadu
- LGD code
- 594189
- Pincode
- 518465
- Post office
- Devanakonda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,400
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,830
- Households
- 502
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 929
- Literacy rate
- 43.6%
- Coordinates
- 15.59884°N, 77.50985°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kurnool
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alur
- Member of Parliament
- Bastipati Nagaraju Panchalingala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- B. Virupakshi
- Block / Mandal
- Devanakonda
Getting there
How to reach Potlapadu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati350 kmcapital
- Hyderabad224 km
- Bengaluru292 km
- Chennai408 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNagarur22 km
- Bus stopchennapuram6 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Jayaram3 km
- ATM / bankSBI, Yemmiganur19 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum7 km
- CollegeSri Venkateswara animal husbandry University15 km
- Police stationII Town police station25 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 518465
- DevanakondaDevanakonda mandal10,493 pop
- TernekalDevanakonda mandal8,743 pop
- P.KotakondaDevanakonda mandal7,063 pop
- GundlakondaDevanakonda mandal6,884 pop
- KunkanurDevanakonda mandal5,356 pop
- NallachelimalDevanakonda mandal4,904 pop
- KhyruppalaAspari mandal4,814 pop
- KappatrallaDevanakonda mandal4,601 pop
- VelamakuruDevanakonda mandal4,480 pop
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Other villages named Potlapadu
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Villages near Potlapadu
Other villages in Devanakonda mandal
View all 14 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-13
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)