Venkatampalle Explained

Venkatampalle
Native Name Lang:te
Other Name:Venkatam-palli
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:India Andhra Pradesh#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates:15.02°N 77.38°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Andhra Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Anantapur
Parts Type:Talukas
Parts:Vijrakarur
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:2782
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Telugu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:515 832
Blank1 Name Sec1:Sex ratio
Blank1 Info Sec1:1.07 /
Map Alt:Dynamic map

Venkatampalle is a village in Vajrakarur mandal in Anantapur District in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Rajampet is the nearest town to Utukuru Venkatampalle[1] it had a population of 2,782 in 501 households.

Geography

Venkatampalli is noted for diamonds. This is a small village with a population of 1100. This village is 200NaN0 from Uravakonda and 250NaN0 from Guntakal. There is a dense forest around 8000acres to the east of this village. Many people visit the forest in search of diamonds. In the 1990s, an Australian company took land to seek diamonds.

Sri Jarutla Ramaligeswara Swami temple is famous which is 5 km from Venkatampalli.

Demographics

According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Venkatampalle village is as follows:[2]

History

This village originated in the 1890s with a couple of families. Some tribes joined the village after ten years. The village was divided into three parts after some years (Venkatampalli, VPC Thanda, VPP Thanda).

Earlier this panchayat consisted of Venkatampalli, VPC Thanda and VPP Thanda. In 1997 it was divided into two panchayats: Venkatampalli and VPP Thanda.

List of sarpanch's for Venkatampalli from 1997:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: View Population . Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India . 25 March 2012.
  2. http://www.ourvillageindia.org/Place.aspx?PID=27973 Venkatampalle at Our Village India.org