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Kumaradevam

village in Kovvur mandal, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ6443529
Source-derived summary

Kumara-devam is a village in East Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Kovvur mandal. Kovvur railway Station and Pasivedala railway Station are the nearest train stations.

Demographics

As of 2011 Census of India, Kumaradevan had a population of 4015. The total population constitutes 1911 males and 2104 females with a sex ratio of 1101 females per 1000 males. 363 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, with sex ratio of 1213. The average literacy rate stands at 72.12%.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kumaradevam” as village in Kovvur mandal, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011, 1911, 1101, 1000—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Kumaradevam, village and Kovvur can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Kovvur mandal, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6443529. Authority coordinates are 17.067, 81.707. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011, 1911, 1101 and 1000.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kumaradevam”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kumaradevam primary sources, Kumaradevam archive and Kumaradevam research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kumaradevam”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Kumaradevam” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.