Vijayapuri (South)

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VijayaPuri south is a village in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India, with a population of 8,393 according to the 2011 census. [1] The village is situated on the right bank of Nagarjuna Sagar Dam in the flow of Krishna River. Renowned island museum Nagarjuna konda is located near this village. This village comes under postal index code or PIN 522439. STD code 08642.

Guntur district District of Andhra Pradesh in India

Guntur district is an administrative district in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and population. It has a coastline of approximately 100 km and is situated on the right bank of Krishna River, that separates it from Krishna district and extends till it empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is bounded on the south by Prakasam district and on the west by the state of Telangana. It has an area of 11,391 km2 (4,398 sq mi) and is the 2nd most populous district in the state, with a population of 4,889,230 as per 2011 census of India.

Andhra Pradesh State in southern India

Andhra Pradesh is one of the 29 states of India. Situated in the south-east of the country, it is the seventh-largest state in India, covering an area of 162,970 km2 (62,920 sq mi). As per the 2011 census, it is the tenth most populous state, with 49,386,799 inhabitants. The largest city in Andhra Pradesh is Visakhapatnam. Telugu, one of the classical languages of India, is the major and official language of Andhra Pradesh.

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam dam

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is one of the world's largest and tallest Masonry dams built across the Krishna river at Nagarjuna Sagar which is in Nalgonda District, Telangana State, India. Constructed between 1955 and 1967, the dam created a water reservoir with gross storage capacity of 11.472 billion cubic metres. The dam is 590 feet (180 m) tall from its deepest foundation and 0.99 miles (1.6 km) long with 26 flood gates which are 42 feet (13 m) wide and 45 feet (14 m) tall.

Andhra Pradesh Residential Junior College & Andhra pradesh Residential degree college is situated in this village. Though it is often referred to as Nagarjuna sagar, the official location is Vijayapuri south.

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