Pedavadlapudi

Pedavadlapudi
Village
Flyover of Pedavadlapudi
Pedavadlapudi
Location of Pedavadlapudi in Andhra Pradesh
Pedavadlapudi
Pedavadlapudi (India)
Coordinates: 16°24′35.21″N 80°36′40.92″E / 16.4097806°N 80.6113667°E / 16.4097806; 80.6113667Coordinates: 16°24′35.21″N 80°36′40.92″E / 16.4097806°N 80.6113667°E / 16.4097806; 80.6113667
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Guntur
Area[1]
 • Total 9.49 km2 (3.66 sq mi)
Elevation 536 m (1,759 ft)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 13,076
 • Density 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 522302

Pedavadlapudi is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Mangalagiri mandal of Guntur revenue division.[1][3]

A satellite view of Pedavadlapudi

Geography

Pedavadlapudi is located at 16°24'35.21" N 80°.36'40.92" E, and lies in Southern India. It borders the Revendrapadu to the east, Ippatam on the north, Mangalagiri on west and Chiluvuru on south.This village lies at an elevation of 20 m from mean sea level.

Demographics

As of 2011 Census of India, the town had a population of 13,076, with 3655 households. The total population constitute, 6,552 males and females 6,524 —a sex ratio of 996 females per 1000 males. and 1,090 children, in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 535 are boys and 555 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 73.63% with 8,585 literates, approximately equal to the state average of 67.41%.[4]

Temples

This village has lot of temples.

  • Shri Shirdi Sai Baba temple
  • Ganganamma temple
  • Shri venugopala swamy temple
  • Shri Venkateswara swamy temple
  • Shri Madvirat Pothuluri Veerabrahmendra swamy temple
  • Shri Durga temples at Chundupalem and Kothapalem areas
  • Shivalayam
  • Shri Ramalayam
  • Dwarakamai temple
  • Shri Anjaneya swamy temple
  • Masjid
  • Other churches

Religion and Language

About 70% are hindus and 30% are muslims and christians.The official language in this village is Telugu.Other minor language is Urdu. English is used as medium language in education here.

Residential houses at Pedavadlapudi

Government and politics

Pedavadlapudi comes under the Mangalagiri assembly constituency and Guntur parliamentary constituency.Pedavadlapudi gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village.[5] It is divided into 16 wards and each ward is represented by an elected ward member.[6] The ward members are headed by a Sarpanch and the present sarpanch is Chittibomma Venkateswara Rao.[7][8] While, the secretary of the panchayat is Puram Srinivasa Rao.[9]

Pedavadlapudi is a part of Mangalagiri assembly constituency of Andhra Pradesh.[10] The present MLA of the constituency is Alla Ramakrishna Reddy of YSR Congress Party.[11]

Economy

Fields at pedavadlapudi

The village depends mainly on agriculture.[12] The village has a plant of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited.[13] For trading and exporting of agricultural products, there exists an Agricultural Market Yard.[14] This village highly exports curry leaves[15] seeds to another parts of the states of telangana, andhra pradesh and karnataka.At one time this village is very famous for oranges.There is a special type of orange named "vadlapudi narinja" named after this village.

Transport

Signboard displaying APSRTC bus stop of Pedavadlapudi

Tenali–Mangalagiri road passes through Pedavadlapudi and the APSRTC buses which operates from Tenali bus station to Manglagiri bus station and Vijayawada, passes through the village.[16] Pedavadlapudi railway station is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone and is situated on the mutual line of Howrah-Chennai and New Delhi–Chennai main lines.[17] Vijayawada International Airport is about 30 km from this village.

Nagarjuna high school, Pedavadlapudi

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.[18][19] The total number of students enrolled in primary, upper primary and high schools of the village are 1,731.[20]

There are 13 schools which include, seven Mandal Parishad and one ZPHS, an aided and four private schools.[21] The total number students enrolled are 3,714.[22]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "District Census Handbook – Guntur" (PDF). Census of India. p. 14,270. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Mandal wise list of villages" (PDF). Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. National Informatics Centre. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Literacy of AP (Census 2011)" (PDF). Official Portal of Andhra Pradesh Government. p. 43. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Pedavadlapudi Village Panchayat". National Panchayat Portal. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Elected Representatives". National Panchayat Portal. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Seetharam, Mukkavilli (1990-01-01). Citizen Participation in Rural Development. Mittal Publications. p. 34. ISBN 9788170992271.
  8. ↑ "List of elected Sarpanchas in Grampanchayat of Guntur district, 2013" (PDF). State Election Commission. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Layout page". areaprofiler.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  10. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (pdf). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Member's Report". Andhra Pradesh Legislature Assembly. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Workshop on farm technologies held". The Hindu. 2007-11-05. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  13. ↑ "Bottled Krishna". Outlook India. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  14. ↑ "Create awareness on State's welfare schemes, says Speaker". The Hindu. Tenali. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  15. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BVuqNnKHNw&t=263s&index=2&list=LLMdYO4SVfzj0UHqrd_tnz1ga farmer explaining about curry leaf plantation in Vadlapudi
  16. ↑ "Bus Stations in Districts". Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  17. ↑ "Pedavadlapudi railway station info". India Rail Info. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  18. ↑ "Department of School Education" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  19. ↑ "The Department of School Education – Official AP State Government Portal | AP State Portal". www.ap.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  20. ↑ "Student Information Report". Commissionerate of School Education. Child info 2015–16, District School Education – Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  21. ↑ "CSE". cse.ap.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  22. ↑ "CSE". cse.ap.gov.in. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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