Jaggampeta

Jaggampeta
—  village  —
Jaggampeta
Location of Jaggampeta
in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District(s) East Godavari
Subdistrict(s) Jaggampeta
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

Elevation


44 metres (144 ft)

Jaggam-peta or Jagg-amma-peta is a village and a Mandal in East Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. [1]

Contents

Geography

Jaggampeta is located at .[2] It has an average elevation of 44 meters (147 feet).

Panchayats

The following is the list of village panchayats in Jaggampeta mandal.

Jaggampeta

Villages in Jaggampeta Panchayat:

Sitanagaram (Also called as Nagaram/Seethanagaram, and in olden days it was called as Nagarampadu): Founded by Late Mr Jampana Laxmipathi Raju (well known as Thatharaju garu, with his white dhoti/shirt and famous turban) and his brothers and cousins in the late 1930s. Known for rice paddies and coconut trees in almost every house; also known for sugarcane, banana trees, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, all other vegetables and lentiles (urud dal, moong dal and toor dal).

The Highest no.of tiles factories in andhra is from jaggampeta.

Famous Telugu Actor Ravi Teja is from the same place

Notable residents

Mrs S. Varalakshmi veteran Telugu & Tamil actress and singer

References

jaggampeta is built, on the lake jaggamma cheruvu.That is why name jaggampeta came,to this town.