Gollaprolu

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  ?Gollaprolu
Andhra Pradesh • India
Coordinates: 17°10′02″N 82°17′05″E / 17.167222, 82.284722
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s) East Godavari
Subdistrict Gollaprolu
Population 65,349 (2007)
Codes
• Pincode
• Telephone
• 533445
• +08869

Coordinates: 17°10′02″N 82°17′05″E / 17.167222, 82.284722 Gollaprolu is a village north-east of Pithapuram in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in south India, about 130km north of Vishakhapatnam[1] and is on the rail line between Madras and Calcutta. The nearest town (25 km) is Kakinada, the nearest train stop (16km) is Samarlakota (also called Samalkot), the nearest air strip (45 miles) is Rajahmundhry and the nearest airport (100 miles) is Visakhapatnam (Vizag).

Gollaprolu is a major panchayat and mandal headquarters. It got its first mandal parishad seat when it was introduced in 1987 under the then chief minister N.T.Rama Rao. Dr.Hemanadha Rao Koppula was elected as the first Mandal president. He served his term from 1987 to 1992. Though a headquarters, it did not have its own mandal office building until 2005, then it was built by the then mandal parishat president Sri Mogali Subrahmanyam(Chitti Babu).

The Mandal of Gollaprolu had a population of 81,752 in 2005,[2] and 102,170 in 2007. Gollaprolu itself has more than 31,000 voters.

The region is cyclone-prone, and the people are mostly landless agricultural workers.[3] The villagers are known for growing one of the most sought after varieties of hot pepper[1] and is famous for the production of onions, ground nuts, cotton and rice.

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[edit] The village school

The village school was founded in 1954, built on land donated by philanthropist Mrs. Subhadra Gavarasana and is named "Dr. Malireddi Venkataraju Memorial Prathamika Paathasaala," in memory of her father.[1] It provides Telugu-medium coeducational education for about 400 students with ages 6 to 10.[3] English medium education is currently provided by a few private schools.

[edit] The High School

There are two high schools in this town: Z.P.B.H school and the Girls high school. The Z.P.B.H high school was built by Sri Shate Peraji Lumbaji in the early 1950s. Madhuri vidyala is also providing english medium school till 10th class. It is very famous school in the nearest villages.

[edit] Important Industries in Gollaprolu

  • Rice mills
  • Jinning mills
  • Groundnut mills

[edit] Famous Temples

  • Shivalayam
  • Vishnalayam
  • Saibaba temple

[edit] Famous Streets

Pedda Veedhi ( Houses Eminent families of Gollaprolu)

  • Karanam gari thota, which is the site of the M.P.Primary School(it is one and only biggest and famous street)[4]

*Pallapu street

KOTHAPETA STREET

  • [[KOTHAPETA]]*Mogali vari street
  • Nandhirai veedi
  • peddaveedi
  • Mantralavari street
  • gudi veedhi
  • Parla vari street

[edit] Hospitals

  • Bhaskara rao Hospital (famous not only in town also in this district)
  • Kokilavani Hospital
  • Umadevi Hospital
  • Governament Hospital
  • Redla Padmaraju Hospital
  • Mohan Rao Hospital

[edit] Transport

Gollaprolu railway station (station code GLP) is on the Chennai-Howrah railway line between Samalkot and Tuni Railway stations. Trains through the station include:[5]

The nearest main stations are Pithapuram Railway Station (4 km) and Annavaram Railway Station (19 km).

Gollaprolu is the local station for about 150,000 people in Gollaprolu and the 27 nearby villages.[6]

The nearest airports to Gollaprolu are Visakhapatnam Airport (120 km),Rajahmundry Airport(55 km) and Vijayawada Airport(200 km).

[edit] Panchayats

There are 11 panchayats in Gollaprolu mandal.[7]

  • Chandurthi (village and panchayat)
  • Chebrolu (village and panchayat)
  • China Jaggampeta (village and panchayat)
  • Durgada (village and panchayat)
  • Gollaprolu (panchayat and mandal headquarters)
  • K.Mallavaram (village and panchayat)
  • Kodavali (village and panchayat)
  • P.Mallavaram (village and panchayat)
  • Tatiparthi (village and panchayat)
  • Vannepudi (village and panchayat)
  • Vijayanagaram (village and panchayat)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Radhika Malpani. School In Gollaprolu. ILP Projects. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
  2. ^ National Informatics Centre (2005). Item NO. XI. Sampoorna Grameena Rozgar Yojana. East Godavari District. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
  3. ^ a b Dr. MVR Prathamika Patasala, Gollaprolu. Asha for Education (2004). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
  4. ^ MPPS - KARANAM GARI THOTA - GOLLAPROLU M. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (2004-2005). Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
  5. ^ Online Highways LLC (2004). Gollaprolu Railway Station. www.india9.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
  6. ^ G. Satyanarayana (2004). Andhra Pradesh - Readers' Mail - Train halt. The Hindu. Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
  7. ^ Details of Andhra Pradesh till Village Panchayat Tier

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