Narakodur is a village in

Guntur district Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts 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 with a po ...

of the

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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 is the headquarters of Bollapalle

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Tenali revenue division Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, d ...

. It is located in

Chebrolu mandal Chebrolu mandal is one of the 57 mandals in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Tenali revenue division and the headquarters are located at Chebrolu. The mandal is bounded by Guntur, Pedakaka ...

Geography

Narakodur is situated to the northwest of the mandal headquarters, Chebrolu, at . It is spread over an area of .

Demographics

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, Narakodur had a population of 6,564 with 1800 households. The total population constitutes 3,250 males and 3,314 females —a sex ratio of 1020 females per 1000 males. 575 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 307 are boys and 268 are girls —a ratio of 873 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 72.32% with 4,331 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.

Governance

Narakodur

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

is the

local self-government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...

of the village. It is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a ward member. The village forms a part of

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and is under the jurisdiction of

APCRDA The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (abbreviated as APCRDA), Amaravati, ACT No. 27 of 2020. It was notified on 31 July 2020 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh as per ''The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority ...

Transport

Local transport include, city bus services operated by

APSRTC Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is the state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is located at NTR Administrative Block of RTC House in Pandit Nehru bus station of ...

from

NTR bus station NTR bus station is a bus station in Guntur and owned by Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. The bus station serves both the city and district services in Andhra Pradesh as well buses from neighboring states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu a ...

to Chebrolu. The State Highway 48 passes through Narakodur, that connects

Guntur Guntur () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Guntur is spread across 168.49 km square and is the third-largest city in the state. It is situated to the west of the Ba ...

and

Chirala Chirala (), (, Telugu) a city in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Chirala mandal in Chirala revenue division. , it had a population of above 170,000. Chirala is the most popul ...

Tenali Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, drama and hence, it is called ''Andhra ...

–Narakodur road intersects

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road at Narakodur junction. Rural roads connects the village with Ananthavarapadu, Gundavaram, Pathareddypalem and Vejendla.

Education

As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has a total of 5 schools. These schools include 1 private school and 4

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/ Mandal Parishad schools.

References

External links

{{Villages in Chebrolu mandal Villages in Guntur district