Rain brings relief to farmers in Telangana’s Karimnagar
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Malkapur observes Ganesh Nimajjanam on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, along with the rest of Telangana.
The principal temple recorded for Kothapally mandal is Siddi Vinayaka Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Malkapur itself.
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, Malkapur ranks #6 of 10 villages in Kothapally mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malkapur is a village of 2,554 people in 671 households (Census 2011) in Kothapally mandal, Karimnagar district, Telangana, the 6th-largest of 10 villages in Kothapally mandal. Literacy is 59%, about the same as the mandal average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,032 women per 1,000 men. It lies 152 km from the Karimnagar district centre, 18 km from Dasnapur, the nearest town, 11 km from Adilabad railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 505451, served by Kothapalli (Karim Nagar) post office; the LGD village code is 572307. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Homoeo Dispensary, Ankoli (NRHM), 6 km away. The population is estimated at 3,011 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malkapur · this village | 2,554 | 59% | — |
| Maleborgaon · Adilabad Rural | 501 | 43% | 2.1 km SE |
| Chinchughat · Adilabad Rural | 1,335 | 45% | 3.9 km E |
| Jendaguda · Jainoor | 1,341 | 47% | 4 km E |
| Mavala · Mavala | 9,633 | 53% | 5.7 km N |
| Machapur · Bodhan | 0 | — | 5.8 km SW |
| Lachampur · Mamada | 0 | — | 5.5 km W |
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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