Mulapadu is a village in

NTR district NTR district is a district in coastal Andhra Region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative headquarters is located at Vijayawada. The district is named after former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao. History ...

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 is located in Ibrahimpatnam mandal under Vijayawada revenue division.

Transport

APS RTC runs several City buses from

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

Ibrahimpatnam Ibrahimpatnam (known locally as IBM) is a part of Vijayawada in NTR district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal headquarters of Ibrahimpatnam mandal. Dr Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station, one of the major Thermal ...

.Pallevelugu buses in Jaggayyapeta-Vijayawada, Penuganchiprolu-Vijayawada, Chandarlapadu-Vijayawada, Nandigama-Vijayawada routes makes a stopover at Mulapadu. NH 65 passes through the Village, which connects Vijayawada and

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India ...

Kondapalli railway station Kondapalli railway station (station code - KI) is an Indian Railways station in Kondapalli, Vijayawada of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on Kazipet - Vijayawada section of New Delhi - Chennai main line. It is administered under Vijayawada railway di ...

is the nearest train station at a distance of 13 km.

Vijayawada Airport Vijayawada International Airport is an international airport serving Vijayawada and the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region in India. The airport is located at Gannavaram in Vijayawada, where National Highway 16 connecting Chennai to Kolkata pass ...

is located about 45 kilometers away.

Education

The village has a

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and

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for imparting primary education. Further, law and international schools were also being planned to be set up at the village.

Sports

The ACA-KDCA Cricket Ground at the village has cricket play fields owned by Krishna District Cricket Association under

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. On 10 November 2016, the stadium has hosted a series of international matches played between India women and West Indies women cricket teams, a part of 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship tournament

Tourism

Mulapadu has become a weekend destination for the folks in Vijayawada. The village lies on the foot of Eastern ghats with numerous waterfalls and Dense forest. The Mulapadu block of the Kondapalli Reserve Forest is home to a variety of butterfly species, hence the Forest Department created the State's first butterfly park in the village. Sightings of three new species at Mulapadu butterfly park in Kondapalli Reserve Forest (KRF) have brought success to the efforts by the forest department, NGOs and other stakeholders. A significant dispute has developed over the donation of 400 acres of forest land to mystic guru Jaggi Vasudev's

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. Despite the approval of Villagers,the forest department denied the project over concern of deforestation. Later the project moved to Velliangiri in Coimbatore.

References

Villages in NTR district {{AndhraPradesh-geo-stub