Andhra Pradesh CM urges Union Govt to review excise duty policy to protect interests of tobacco farmers
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Bapuram observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
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, Bapuram ranks #8 of 24 villages in Halaharvi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bapuram is a village of 1,567 people in 319 households (Census 2011) in Halaharvi mandal, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, the 8th-largest of 24 villages in Halaharvi mandal. Literacy is 55%, 9 points above the mandal average of 45% and the sex ratio is 976 women per 1,000 men. It lies 99 km from the Kurnool district centre, 32 km from Kudathini, the nearest town, 18 km from Somalapuram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 518348, served by Halaharvi post office; the LGD village code is 594137. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Kanekal, 10 km away. The village votes in Alur assembly constituency, represented by MLA B. Virupakshi. The population is estimated at 1,847 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bapuram →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bapuram · this village | 1,567 | 55% | — |
| Sreedharaghattu · Bommanahal | 5,023 | 38% | 3.3 km NW |
| Bennikal · Hagaribommanahalli | 3,141 | 70% | 3.4 km E |
| Bennikal · Kanekal | 2,075 | 46% | 3.5 km NE |
| Singanahalli · Bommanahal | 3,248 | 41% | 3.8 km N |
| Yerragunta · Kanekal | 6,606 | 42% | 5.9 km SW |
| Govindawada · Bommanahal | 4,721 | 41% | 6.1 km NE |
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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