Venkatapuram is one of the beautiful villages and smallest villages of Odisha. It is located in Gajapathi district of Odisha, Kashinagar block
Village having 2 main streets and around 60 houses. Population was 400+ Village comes under Kashinagar block of Odisha.
The major spoken language was Telugu. It is located in the borders of Andhra and Odisha states of India.
This village comes under kidigam panchayathi.
Village having one elementary school for the village people education.
It is surrounded by hills, lake, railway line.
In the year 2008 a chips factory was established in the village, later due to pollution issues it was permanently closed in 2014.
Time of India 2011 article on venkatapuram crusher factory.
Siva ratri was biggest festival of village, there is one temple on the hills of village (Uma maheswara swamy temple) was celebrated every year with huge lightening and decorations with few dramas.
People were very friendly and helpful. Many of the villagers migrated to Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Balada, Pathapatnam as there is no transport facility in the village.
Years 1970 to 2007 called as Golden era of the village. People depends on farming. Cultivates mainly rice, Sunflower, ground nuts. Children and youth mainly plays cricket and volleyball. Every year in the month of January people come from different locations and get together to celebrate Sankranti festival.
Few famous names of the village
Barri Krishnamurthy- politician Tulugu Jagannayakulu- Lecturer& professor Kalamata Mahalaxmi- ex- Chairman Rama jogi- kabaddi player
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