| Mulapadu | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 16.6088°N 80.4702°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | NTR |
| Government Type: | Panchayat |
| Governing Body: | Grama Panchayati,APCRDA |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.08 |
| Population Total: | 4188 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1408 |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 521456 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | +91–8659 |
| Registration Plate: | AP |
| Subdivision Type3: | Metro |
| Subdivision Name3: | AMRDA |
Mulapadu is a village in NTR district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Ibrahimpatnam mandal under Vijayawada revenue division.[2] [3]
APS RTC runs several City buses from Vijayawada and Ibrahimpatnam.Pallevelugu buses in Jaggayyapeta-Vijayawada, Penuganchiprolu-Vijayawada, Chandarlapadu-Vijayawada, Nandigama-Vijayawada routes makes a stopover at Mulapadu. NH 65 passes through the Village, which connects Vijayawada and Hyderabad.
Kondapalli railway station is the nearest train station at a distance of 13 km.
Vijayawada Airport is located about 45 kilometers away.
The village has a primary school and high school for imparting primary education. Further, law and international schools were also being planned to be set up at the village.
The ACA-KDCA Cricket Ground at the village has cricket play fields owned by Krishna District Cricket Association under Andhra Cricket Association.[4]
On 10 November 2016, the stadium has hosted a series of international matches played between India women and West Indies women cricket teams, a part of 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship tournament
The village lies on the foot of Eastern ghats with numerous waterfalls and Dense forest.[5]
Mulapadu block of the Kondapalli Reserve Forest is home to a variety of butterfly species, hence the Forest Department created the State's first butterfly park in the village. Sightings of three new species at Mulapadu butterfly park in Kondapalli Reserve Forest have brought success to the efforts by the forest department, NGOs and other stakeholders.[6]
A significant dispute has developed over the donation of 400 acres of forest land to Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation. Despite the approval of Villagers,the forest department denied the project over concern of deforestation. Later the project moved to Velliangiri in Coimbatore.[7]