Kondapuram, Nellore district

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Kondapuram
Kondapuram, Nellore district
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Kondapuram
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 15°02′20″N79°39′52″E / 15.03889°N 79.66444°E / 15.03889; 79.66444
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Nellore
Languages
  Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
524239
Vehicle registration AP

Kondapuram is a Tehsil or Mandal [1] in the Nellore district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Demographics

According to 2011 census data, [2] there is a population of 39,007 people of which 19,835 are male and 19,172 are female.

Infrastructure

Schools

Good education up to 10th class in both Telugu and English medium is in reach across the villages in the Kondapuram tehsil. There are public residential schools in Kondapuram with separate hostels for boys and girls.

Travel

There is no public transportation to the Kondapuram via villages Gottigundala, Gottigundala Palem, Uppuluru, Chintaladeevi. But you can visit Kondapuram via Erraballi.

Mail services

Indian post office services are available to the last home in this Tehsil. The private courier services and online retailer services are available.

Banking and Government services

There are mini banking service providers and Mee seva centers in the villages of this Mandal. There are Gram Panchayats for each village which are chaired by Village Revenue Officer.

Water

Gottigundala Pond Gottigundala-pond-panorama.jpg
Gottigundala Pond

There is a well water supply system for the residents in most of the villages. Most of the people buy filtered water from the shops. In some villages, the public filtered water facility infrastructure is built, but the operations have not started yet.

There are water ponds, water gullies and water sheds.

Villages

There are about 27 villages under Kondapuram Tehsil or Mandal.

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Crop fields in Gottigundala
#Villages [3]
1Audimurthipuram
2Bhimavarappadu
3Challagirigala
4Challavaripalli
5Chinthaladevi
6Ganugapenta
7Garimenapenta
8Gottigundala
9Gudavalluru (Kondapuram)
10Iskadamerla
11Kasturinaidupalle
12Kommi
13Kumara Venkatapuram
14Kunkuvaripalem
15Mallavarappadu
16Marrigunta
17Nekunampeta
18Parlapalle
19Ramanujapuram
20Saipeta
21Satyavolu
22Settipalem
23Thurpu- Brahmanapalle
24Thurpu- Jangalapalle
25Thurpuyerraballe
26Veligandla
27Yerrabotlapalle

Social Issues

There are child marriages happening still in this area. Due to logistics problem and the Kondapuram police station is far from the villages it is getting difficult to stop child marriages.

Culture

Gottigundala village in this Tehsil is popular for the Kota Ankalamma Jatara (festival) and Poleramma Jatara celebrated every summer. People from across the district visit this festival. Animal sacrifices are offered in these festivals.

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References

  1. "Mandals | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District, Government of Andhra Pradesh | India" . Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. "Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India".
  3. "Census India directory".