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Peggerla observes Bathukamma on Saturday, 10 October 2026, along with the rest of Telangana.
The principal temple recorded for Kathlapur mandal is Pochamma Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Peggerla itself.
The state festival, kept in every district. Engili Pula Bathukamma on the first day and Saddula Bathukamma on the ninth, the largest, on the eve of Dussehra. Hyderabad's Tank Bund gathering is the biggest single one.
The regional form observed across Telangana. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Peggerla ranks #12 of 19 villages in Kathlapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Peggerla is a village of 1,665 people in 464 households (Census 2011) in Kathlapur mandal, Jagitial district, Telangana, the 12th-largest of 19 villages in Kathlapur mandal. Literacy is 42%, 7 points below the mandal average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,124 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Jagitial district centre, 15 km from Rudrangi, the nearest town, 11 km from Korutla railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 505325, served by Metpalli post office; the LGD village code is 572145. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, Konaraopet, 4 km away. The population is estimated at 1,963 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Peggarla →
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.
Reported by Telangana Today.
Reported by Telangana Today.
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