Floods damage crops of 71,796 farmers and 2,405 km of roads in Andhra Pradesh; Godavari rises again
Reported by The Hindu.
Arlabanda observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Kosigi mandal is Sri Urukunda Eeranna Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Arlabanda 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, Arlabanda ranks #10 of 28 villages in Kosigi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arlabanda is a village of 2,264 people in 415 households (Census 2011) in Kosigi mandal, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, the 10th-largest of 28 villages in Kosigi mandal. Literacy is 28%, about the same as the mandal average of 28% and the sex ratio is 988 women per 1,000 men. It lies 54 km from the Kurnool district centre, 10 km from Kosigi, the nearest town, 10 km from Kosgi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 518313, served by Kosigi post office; the LGD village code is 593744. The nearest hospital or health centre is Venkateshwara Clinic, 4 km away. The village votes in Mantralayam assembly constituency, represented by MLA Y. Balanagi Reddy. The population is estimated at 2,465 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Arlabanda →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlabanda · this village | 2,264 | 28% | — |
| Puttakunta · Kosigi | 0 | — | 1.4 km E |
| Kamandoddi · Kosigi | 1,638 | 21% | 1.4 km E |
| Thippaladoddi · Kowthalam | 958 | 17% | 3.6 km S |
| Kadidoddi · Kosigi | 617 | 36% | 3.7 km N |
| Halvi · Kowthalam | 5,114 | 36% | 4.1 km W |
| Moogaladoddi · Kosigi | 1,659 | 22% | 4.4 km NE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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