Koru Uppalapadu (or K.Uppalapadu) is a village in

Kondapi Kondapi is a village in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Kondapi mandal in Kandukur revenue division. Assembly constituency Kondapi is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There ...

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, located in

Prakasam district Prakasam district is one of the thirteen districts in the coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was formed in 1970 and reorganised in 2022 on April 4. The headquarters of the district is Ongole. It is located on the weste ...

of the

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n state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. It belongs to

Kandukur Kandukur or Kandukuru is a town in SPSR Nellore district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Kandukur mandal as well as Kandukur revenue division. Kandukur Mandal is located at the south-east sid ...

revenue division..

Demographics

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, the town had a population of 2,968. The total population constitute, 1,456 males and 1,512 females (sex ratio of 1038 females per 1000 males) and 219 children in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stands at 70.14% with 1,928 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%. Nearby villages are Chodavaram, Venkanna Palem,

Vennuru Vennuru is a village in Prakasam District, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. This village comes under Kondapi Mandal in Kandukur revenue division. Nearby villages are Chodavaram, Venkanna Palem, Koru Uppalapadu, Thumadu and Muppavaram. Geo ...

, Thumadu and Muppavaram.

Agriculture

Cash crops like

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, subabul,

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s and food crops like

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, and a variety of

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are grown in this region. K. Uppalapadu is located in between (west of) Tanguturu and (east of)

towns.

Political

K. Uppalapadu belongs to Kondapi Assembly constituency. It has also produced some eminent local political personalities like Gundapaneni Pattabhi Ramayya Chowdary, Gundapaneni Achuta Kumar. K. Uppalapadu is a

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administered / headed by

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, currently Vaka Koteswaramma is the Sarpanch of the village.http://www.prakondapkuppalgp.appr.gov.in/web/235474_k.uppalapadu-village-panchayat/hidden/-/asset_publisher/di5XrVERUf8s/content/gp-elected-representative-information/3819311

Education

Most of the Children in the Village are educated and the literacy rate is increasing drastically in this village. Also this village is well known for its education because of Paparao Public School, which is the only residential English medium school in

Mandal with good education standards. *Government Elementary School in the middle of the village *Government ZPP High school in the east side of the village * Paparao Public School in the west side of the village.

Transport

K. Uppalapadu is well connected by Road on all four sides. It is on the major road connecting Tanguturu (on NH5/

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) to Kondapi. It is also connected directly to Ongole Via Nidamanuru & Kandukur via Vikkiralapeta (Village Dirt Road). Bus services of APSRTC from Ongole & Tanguturu. The village also has Indian Oil filling station on the West.

References

{{reflist Villages in Prakasam district