Bukkapatnam

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?Bukkapatnam Andhra Pradesh • India
Bukkapatnam
Coordinates: 14°12′N 77°48′E / 14.2, 77.8
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 1,591 m (5,220 ft)
District(s)	Anantapur
Subdistrict	Bukkapatnam
Population	37,635 (2001)
Codes • Pincode • Telephone	• 515144 • +91 - 08555 -

Coordinates: 14°12′N 77°48′E / 14.2, 77.8 Bukkapatnam is a Village and a Mandal in Anantapur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. ^[1]

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Mountain 4 Cheruvu(Reservoir) 5 Temples 6 Panchayats 7 Villages 8 References

[edit] Geography

Bukkapatnam is located near Puttaparthy. Bukkapatnam Area: 351.17 km², No. of villages: 20., Population: 37635

[edit] History

Bukkapatnam is having it's own significance by having it's unique features. Once it is central point for business trading since Vijayanagara empire to early 1970s. All villagers are depending only on agriculture.

[edit] Mountain

Highest mountain of the District Mallappakonda four Miles to North of Bukkapatnam - 3,002 feet (915 m)

[edit] Cheruvu(Reservoir)

Largest Reservoir of the District is Bukkapatanam Reservoir. Total area of Reservoir is 3,500 acres (14 km²). This water is used for agricultural purposes. Nearly 10,000 acres (40 km²) of Land is cultivated under this Reservoir. The reservoir is filled with the water of Chitravathi River. CHITRAVATHI :: Significant river in the Anantapur District is "CHITRAVATHI".Its origin is in Karnataka State. This river enters the District near Kodikonda village of Chilamathur Mandal and flows North over Rocky and Hilly uplands of Gorantla, Puttaparthi, Bukkapatnam, Kothacheruvu, C.K.Palli, Dharmavaram, Bathalapalli, Tadimarri and Yellanur Mandals and falls into Pennar River at Gandikota in Cuddapah District.

[edit] Temples

Chowdesvary Temple - Big deity of Chowdeswary. Located near Chervu. AnjineayaSwami Temple - Old Temple, Sitaram and VenugopalaSwamy deities also there. Sivalayam - Old Temple. ChendrayuniPalli Temple - This temple is located in Mountain at Chedrayunipalli, Every Saturday is some special pooja's are done in this temple.

[edit] Panchayats

The following is the list of village panchayats in Bukkapatnam mandal. 1 Agraharam, 2 Bukkapatnam, 3 Gunipalli, 4 Kothakota, 5 Krishanapuram, 6 Marala, 7 Pamudurthi, 8 SidddaramPuram

[edit] Villages

Chilakalagadda Palli, Nayanivaripalli, Rasimpalli, Rasimpalli Thanda , Buchaiahgari palli, Janakam Palli, Kadapanage Palli, Nallaguttapalli, Putikireddi Palli, Bitraguntapalli , Kothakota, Madire Bailu, Madire Bailu thanda, Narasimpalli, Narasimpalli Thanda, Reddivaripalli, Yeriam Palli, Dudekula Kottala, Bale Naik Thanda, Chinnacherlo Thanda, Ramasagaram, Seekayakunta Palli, Yadalanka Palli, Boyamsalavari Palli, Chinthalaiah Gari Palli, Gasivari Palli, Kinkirivandla Palli, P Kondapuram Venkatapuram, Chendrayani Palli , Dupampalli, Kottalapalli, Lingappagari Palli , Siddarampuram Thanda Taruguvandla Palli, Kasabathanda

[edit] References

BUKKAPATNAM VILLAGE: Bukkapatnam Mandal panchayat major panchayat. One's it is largest panchayat including Kothacheruvu, Puttaparthi (consist around more than 70 villages). But, now it is excluded from those villages.