Pedavadlapudi

Pedavadlapudi
పెదవడ్లపూడి
Village

Flyover of Pedavadlapudi
Pedavadlapudi
Pedavadlapudi

Location of Pedavadlapudi in Andhra Pradesh

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 IST (UTC+5:30)
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]

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.

Demographics

Residential houses at Pedavadlapudi

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]

Government and politics

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]

Transport

Signboard displaying APSRTC bus stop of Pedavadlapudi
Howrah-Chennai main line passing through Pedavadlapu

Tenali–Mangalagiri road passes through Pedavadlapudi and the APSRTC buses which operates from Tenali bus station to Manglagiri and Vijayawada, passes through the village.[15] 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.[16]

Education

Vijetha Public School[17] and Nagarjuna School[18] are the notable schools in the village.

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. ↑ "Bus Stations in Districts". Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  16. ↑ "Pedavadlapudi railway station info". India Rail Info. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  17. ↑ Staff Reporter. "NIE classes begin". The Hindu.
  18. ↑ Staff Reporter. "Inter-varsity athletics meet begins". The Hindu.
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