Tadepalligudem
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| ?Tadepalligudem Andhra Pradesh • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 34 m (112 ft) |
| District(s) | West Godavari |
| Population | 102,303 (2001) |
| Codes • Pincode • Telephone |
• 534101 • +08818 |
Coordinates: Tadepalligudem is a town and a municipality in Andhra Pradesh, India.[1]
It is situated in the middle of West Godavari District, nearly 50km from the district headquarters, Eluru.
It is the hub of West Godavari district which is renowned as the 'Annapurna of Andhra Pradesh'. West Godavari is the second thickly populated region after Hyderabad with around 500 people per sq. km.
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[edit] Geography
Tadepalligudem is located at .[2] It has an average elevation of 34 meters (114 feet).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[3] Tadepalligudem had a population of 102,303. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Tadepalligudem has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 61%. In Tadepalligudem, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Agriculture
Tadepalligudem is famous for its jaggery market and rice cultivation. Sugar, turmeric, bananas, etc. are also grown. It is also famous for its godowns (warehouses); most of Andhra's products are stored here. Jagannadhapuram is the biggest village in Tadepalligudem mandal. Vellamelli village is about 5 K.M. from Tadepalligudem. It is one of the biggest villages. APPARAOPETA is a tiny village near Tadepalligudem.
''''==Education== Andhra university campus establihed in 2004,AKRG college is established in 1997 in nallajerla , Tadepalligudem has three engineering colleges, namely Vasavi Engineering College, Sasi Engineering College and Akula Gopayya Engineering College.
Tadepalligudem has five Degree colleges ,namely YSR&BS Degree College,G.M.R Degree College,Brilients Degree college,DR.Goenka Women's College,DR.Goenka Degree college(Pentapadu).
Tadepalligudem has seven Jr.Colleges, namely Aditya Jr.college,Adarsa Jr.college,B.S.J.V.R jr.college,Brilients jr.college,G.M.R jr.college,DR.Goenka Women's jr College,DR.Goenka jr college(Pentapadu).
A Well known social service organisation, Bhushan Educational Society of Tadepalligudem (BEST), offers B.Ed course through its Best College of Education and MBA and MCA through its PG college Best Institute of Professional Studies (BIPS). All the courses are affiliated to Andhra University and AICTE, NCTE. The colleges are situated on the Bye-Pass Junction of Pedatadepalli'.''''
Tadepalligudem is also know for its rapid development in the field of business.
Tadepalligudem has a branch of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans' as well. It is situated 8km from the town and loacted in a village called Pedatadepalli'. It is organised by the Rice Millers Association. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's is the only school offering C.B.S.E. syllabus. It is affiliated to C.B.S.E Delhi. It is a branch of prestigious institution which was awarded "GANDHI PEACE AWARD".
Viswa Jyothi Vidya Niketan is a big private organization and was the Top School in the town at eighties.Montessori English mediam school,st.ann's English mediam school,kimberly English mediam school these are the leading school's in Tadepalligudem Its attached Transport Facility served thousands of students form Rural villages .
In Gudem Shortly Coming New Engineering college, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Science & Information Technology (VISIT).Founder: Gudiwada Nagendranath.
[edit] Transport
Tadepalligudem has an airport (not in use) 2 km long, which was built by the East India company to accommodate military aircraft during the time of World War II.
Tadepalligudem is a railway station on the busy Chennai-Kolkatta route.
The National Highway 5 also passes through this town. This highway was recently upgraded to 4 lanes as part of golden quadrilateral scheme by A.B. Vajpayee. Tadepalligudem Bus station is one of the big bus station in west godavari district and buses running allover the state.
[edit] Industries
- Tadepalligudem is one of the towns which has the largest number of Rice Mills.
- In Tadepalligudem, Food Fats and Fertilizers(3F) is one of the biggest industrial units which produces Soap oil and Fertilizers raw materials and other food oil contents (palmoil,vanaspati,rice bran oil) etc. Apart from this there are jaggery,power,steel manufacturing industries and small scale industries like chalk pieces,candles, cashew grading etc.
- Transport industry is one of the biggest in Andhra Pradesh. It consists of more than 6000 transport vehicles in the town, almost equal to the coastal capital Vijayawada transport industry (including Taxies and Lorries only).
[edit] References
- ^ List of Sub-Districts. Census of India. Retrieved on 2007-05-25.
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics.Tadepalligudem
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
