Peddapuram Explained

Peddapuram
Native Name Lang:te
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Andhra Pradesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates:17.08°N 82.13°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Andhra Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kakinada
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:41.13
Population Total:49477
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Footnotes:[2]
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Telugu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:533437
Registration Plate Type:Vehicle Registration
Registration Plate:AP05 (Former)
AP39 (from 30 January 2019)[3]
Leader Title:MLA
Leader Name:Nimmakayala Chinarajappa

Peddapuram is a town in the Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh in South India.[4] The town also forms a part of Godavari Urban Development Authority.[5]

Peddapuram is known for its milk based sweet called PalaKova. The town is also popular in manufacturing the Silk Sarees and other Handloom varieties.

Geography

Peddapuram is located at .[6] It has an average elevation of 35 metres (114 feet). It's located next to Kakinada.

Demographics

Census of India, the town had a population of . The total population constitute, males, females and children, in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stands at 76.14% with literates, higher than the national average of 73.00%.[7]

History

In olden days it was referred as Kimmuru by natives and a Paragana within the Rajamundry Sarkar of Mughal empire's Deccan subah.[8] By the time of 1785 the Peddapuram Estate extended from Totapalli to Nagaram encompassing villages and towns. During the British rule, Sri Raya Jagapati was chosen to take over the estate in 1802. After Sri Raya Jagapati's death, the three wives, Lakshmi Narasayyamma, Bucchi Seetayyamma and Bucchi Bangaramma, ruled the estate in succession. Raya Jagapatis widow Bucchi Seetayyamma, ruled from 1828-1835. She founded two trusts for the poor, one in Peddapuram and another in Kattipudi in East Godavari.You can find some ancient caves with the supposed footprints of Bhima (Pandavas). For more details on the history of Pandavula Metta visit the link:[9] test

Civic administration

Peddapuram municipality was established in 1915 and became the second oldest municipality after Bheemunipatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Initially the British appointed Sri V. K. Anantakrishna Ayyar followed by Sri Abhinava Patnayak and Sri Pingali Krishnarao. Sri Goli Pedda Kondayya was the first one direct elected as Chairman of the municipality.

Peddapuram revenue division (or Peddapuram division) is an administrative division in the Kakinada district of the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 2 revenue divisions in the district which consists of 11 mandals under its administration. Peddapuram Town is the Divisional Headquarters.

Transportation

Peddapuram town is located on Rajahmundry-Kakinada ADB road. APSRTC Bus Services are available to Vijayawada and Hyderabad Cities. The nearest railway station to Peddapuram is Samalkot railway station which is 5km away. The nearest airport to the town is Rajahmundry Airport which is 35km away.

Education

The first school was established here in Peddapuram[10] in 1891 by the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society[11] which also had boarding facilities. Among the eminent personalities who studied in this school include Archbishop Marampudi Joji and M. Victor Paul.

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.[12] [13] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.

There is an Agricultural Research Station which does research on ragi and tapioca and is affiliated to Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University. Sri Muppana Veerraju High School is one of the oldest school which is imparting elementary and high school education to many students without any profit motive. S.R.V.B.S.J.B. M.R. College has completed 50 years; it celebrated its Golden Jubilee on 4 February 2018 by its old students association, considered a very prestigious college, was established in 1967 by Sri S.B.P.B.K.Satyanarayana Rao, then Zilla Parishad chairman as the founder president in memory of Maharani of Peddapuram Samsthanam Peddapuram Kings Srimati Raja Vatsavayi Bucchi Sitayamma Jagapati Bahadur.

In order to provide good quality modern education to the talented children predominantly from the rural areas, without regard to their family socio-economic conditions, the Government of India established Navodaya Vidyalayas, on an average, one in each district of the country during the seventh Five Year Plan period and Peddapuram was selected to establish Navodaya Vidyalaya. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya.

Colleges located in Peddapuram Rural :

!Name!Year Founded!Course
Aditya Engineering College2004[14] Engineering
Pragati Engineering College2001[15] Engineering
St. Mary's College of Pharmacy2007[16] Pharmacy

IDA Peddapuram

Peddapuram is one of the Industrial Development Area (IDA) in Kakinada District of AP and has lot of popular industries established in the town and its rural surroundings. Both Peddapuram and Samalkot (Samarlakota) municipalities and the corresponding rural areas comes under IDA PEDDAPURAM.

Some Popular Industries located in IDA Peddapuram :

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs. Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. 28 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160128175528/http://dtcp.ap.gov.in:9090/webdtcp/Municipalities%20List-110.pdf. 28 January 2016.
  2. Web site: Census 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 26 July 2014.
  3. News: New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched . https://web.archive.org/web/20190203234146/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html . dead . 3 February 2019 . 9 June 2019 . The New Indian Express . 31 January 2019 . Vijayawada.
  4. Web site: Mandal wise list of villages in Srikakulam district. Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. National Informatics Centre. 7 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150121141044/http://apland.ap.nic.in/cclaweb/Districts_Alphabetical/EastGodavari.pdf. 21 January 2015.
  5. Web site: Constitution of Godavari Urban Development Authority with headquarters at Godavari. Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department. Government of Andhra Pradesh. 9 November 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118222806/http://urban.ap.gov.in/MAUD/Gazettee%20No.818.pdf. 18 January 2017.
  6. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Peddapuram.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Peddapuram
  7. Web site: Chapter–3 (Literates and Literacy rate) . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 24 August 2014.
  8. Book: Madras Presidency. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the East India Company. J. Higginbotham. 1966. 214. Google Books.
  9. http://eastgodavari.nic.in/ Official Website of East Godavari Webportal
  10. Sivasankaranarayana, Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers, Volume 14, Printed by the Director of Printing and Stationery at the Government Secretariat Press, Hyderabad, 1979, p.186. https://books.google.com/books?id=Yk5uAAAAMAAJ&q=lutheran
  11. Martin Luther Dolbeer, The Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church: A Brief History, Department of Religious Education of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, Guntur, 1951, pp.53-54.https://books.google.com/books?id=YGLZAAAAMAAJ&q=peddapuram
  12. Web site: School Education Department. School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. 7 November 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161107220545/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf. 7 November 2016.
  13. Web site: The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal AP State Portal. www.ap.gov.in. 7 November 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155331/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/. 7 November 2016.
  14. Web site: ACET - Aditya College oF Engineering & Technology. 2020-08-22. acet.ac.in.
  15. Web site: About Us – PRAGATI ENGINEERING COLLEGE. 2020-08-22. en-US.
  16. Web site: About. 2020-08-22. stmaryscollegeofpharmacy.ac.in.
  17. https://www.srilalithaenterprises.com/ Sri Lalitha Enterprises Industries Private Limited
  18. http://www.pattabhiagro.com/pafpl/PattabhiAgro/ Pattabhi Agro Foods Private Limited
  19. http://www.lepakshirice.com/ Sri Venkateswara Rice Industry
  20. http://www.nsrindustries.in/ NSR Industries
  21. http://wikimapia.org/8056675/Reliance-Bio-Diesel-Pilot-Plant-IDA-Peddapuram Reliance Bio Diesel Pilot Plant
  22. https://aparnaenterprisesltd.com/ Aparna Enterprises Limited
  23. https://www.rakceramics.com/asia/en/ R A K Ceramics India Private Limited
  24. http://www.srinivasaferro.com/contactus.htm Shri Girija Alloy & Power (I) Pvt. Ltd.
  25. [Gautami Combined Cycle Power Plant|''GVT Gauthami Power Limited'']