Bangarupalem
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Bangarupalem or Bangarupalyam is a village and a mandal in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh state in India.[1]
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[edit] Location
It is about 20 kilometers from district headquarters Chittoor, and 20 kilometers from Palamaner, and is about 16 kilometers from Kanipakam, famous for the temple of Lord Ganesha. The distance from Bangarupalem to the temple Tirumala Tirupathi is around 110 kilometers. Bangarupalem is located on the National Highway (NH4) which connects Bangalore and Chennai. Near Bangarupalem there exists an old temple named Mogileeshwara or Mogili, a temple of Shiva.
[edit] Businesses
The main business in Bangarupalem is the trading of crops produced by nearby villages, particularly mangoes. Bangarupalyam is prolific in its production and export of mango pulp to other countries. In addition, the village plays an important part in politics. From the village, mangoes are exported to all over India, including Jalgoan, Pune, Nasik, Jamshedpur, and Bharampur. Also,Gomathi Spinners, the thread makers gives employment to the villagers in and around Bangarupalyam.
[edit] History
Bangarupalyam is famous for the Zamindari family and their power throughout history. In addition, Bangarupalyam has been ruled by Palegars (also known as Palaekari, Naikers, Nayunivaru and Ekira) for centuries and survived through British rule in India.
Bangarupalem is also a center for education to the surrounding villages with six high schools and two junior colleges. It also contains 3 Nationalized Banks and is a Lakki town.
From this Mandal Three volley ball players are representing the Indian Team.
1. M.Thulasi Reddy 2. Ajay Reddy 3. M.B. Jaya Prakash
[edit] Education
1. Sarojini English Medium School. This school is the Best and has 25 years of service in education Field from the year its established in 1982 with a caption "LOOK UP AIM HIGH". This institution is being head by Mrs. Saraswathi.D. Around 1500 students are studying in this institution.The school is located 1 km far from the town providing a pollution free environment to the students with free transportation.The institution is well equipped with computer Laboratory thus enabling its students to excel in Technical and Soft Skills.The students have the opportunity to get 24x7 accessibity to the teachers.The Management has the mottive to help its deprived students of surrounding Rural areas to give Quality educational assistance. The institution has all experienced Graded Tutors and their efforts are commendable.Giving a high-quality education to its student, this institution has got many awards in interstate Compititions. The students of this school acquired State Ranks, many honors and rewards for their excellence in Board Exams. As a reward for the quality of this school, the Students are most successful in their careers.The institution has got the permission to conduct the final exams for 10th standard. Recently the institution has conducted Silver Jubilee Celebrations. As a part of this, the old students came to take part in this event and they had a great day and inspired their Juniors with their Success stories.
2. St Marys high school. Established in 1986 with 3 faculty members and with just 20 students, now it is considered as the best school in Bangarupalyam mandal with headcount touching 1200+. Sister. Lisa Joseph is the correspondest/principal of this school. Her very caring and kindheartedness helped to take the school to such a new height.Mrs.Daisy,Sis.Philomena,Mrs.Bena,Mrs.Jayanthi,Mrs Sureka and Mrs Revathi, Mrs Santhi were the earliest and the best of all the teachers in this school. The Students of this school participates in various cultural events, sports and in the various inter-mandal schools competitions very actively. Now the school is advanced with all the latest computing resources. Computer subject is made mandatory course for all the students from 3rd class onwards. Students from this school are currently placed in very big MNC's working as engineers and there are few doctors also.
3. Ushodaya High School. R.Prathap Chandra Naidu is heading this institution which comprises around 600 students. Initially, this school was started in a small village named "Muttukuru Gollapalli" which is 7 km near by to Bangarupalem and later it was shifted to the mandal headquarters. The institution now owns a building and is located on the way to Kanipakam via Aragonda.
4. Royal Public School. Starting the classes in small huts and trees this school emerged very fast in bangarupalem. Now the school owns a 3-storey building. The school is situated in the middle of Bangarupalyam and Mogilivenkatagiri next to the National Highway.
5. Vidyarthi English Medium School. Mr.Amarnath Reddy the correspondent of this school has started this school in 2004-05 with the aim to provide the best education to the villagers. He is known well as a good tuition master in bangarupalyam. He also worked as a teacher in maths at st marys school for few years. Now he himself established a school under the above mentioned name.
6. Govt High School. This institution run by the Government is affording free education for the poor people. The institution is supplying fine education to more than 1000 students. All the government and high qualified exams at mandal level will be conducted in this organization. It has a big playing ground where the students and the rural community people put into practice a number of sports.
[edit] Important Information
Postal code is 517416
STD code is 08573
State Bank code: 1616
[edit] References
- ^ List of Sub-Districts. Census of India. Retrieved on 2007-04-12.