Kankipadu is a suburb of

Vijayawada Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises N ...

and a in Krishna District 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 also the mandal headquarters of

Kankipadu mandal Kankipadu mandal is one of the 25 mandals in the Krishna district of the Indian 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 coverin ...

in Vuyyuru revenue division.

Geography

It is located 55 km towards west from district headquarters

Machilipatnam Machilipatnam (), also known as Masulipatnam and Bandar, is a city in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Krishna district. It is also the mandal headquarte ...

. Kankipadu is located at . It has an average elevation of 6 metres (22 feet). Vijayawada is the nearest major city to Kankipadu.

Demographics

According to

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, 2001, the demographic details of Kankipadu mandal is as follows: * Total Population: 63,243 in 16,074 Households. * Male Population: 31,676 and Female Population: 31,567 * Children Under 6-years: 7,166 (Boys - 3,635 and Girls - 3,531) * Total Literates: 39,781

Education

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

Transport

is the nearest city to Kankipadu. Vijayawada is 14 km from Kankipadu. There is a bus stand in the town. APSRTC runs buses from Kankipadu to different places in Andhra Pradesh. City buses run from Vijayawada to Kankipadu daily.

Notable Persons

*Padma Bhushan K L Rao (

Kanuri Lakshmana Rao Kanuru Lakshmana Rao (15 July 1902 – 18 May 1986) was an Indian Civil engineer and a Padma Bhushan awardee who served as the Union Minister of Irrigation & Power and Member of Parliament for Vijayawada from 1962 to 1977. Personal life ...

- Famous Civil Engineer and MP 962-67 *Padma Sri

Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has ...

- Film Actor and MLA 999-2004 *Annapurna - Film Actress *Girija 938-95- Film Actress

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