| Kotha Reddy Palem | |
| — village — | |
| Coordinates | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Kotha Reddy Palem is located in the Addanki Mandal of Prakasam district near Singarakonda in Andhra Pradesh, India. Kotha Reddy Palem is located eight kilometers north of Addanki town. A famous Sri Prasannanjaneya Temple is located near the Kotha Reddy Palem village in Singarakonda.
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Kotha Reddy Palem is located at .[1]. It has an average elevation of 24 meters (82 feet).
Kotha Reddy Palem village has a very limited number of houses. Since the size and population of the village is very small, there is no separate panchayat alloted to this village. Presently Kotha Reddy Palem shares its panchayat with Singarakonda Palem village.
The distance between Hyderabad and Kotha Reddy Palem village is 280 km. The best way to reach Kotha Reddy Palem from Hyderabad is to catch a bus, there are plenty of buses run by both APSRTC and private travels. Another option available is to travel in train up to Ongole and then catch a bus from Ongole to Addanki which is 37 km and from Addanki it is just takes 9 km to reach Kotha Reddy Palem. The nearest Airport is Vijayawada which is located around 90km away from the village.
Kotha Reddy Palem village falls under Singarakonda Palem village panchyat. This panchyat consists of three villages i.e. Kotha Reddy Palem, Singarakonda Palem and Singarakonda.
More than 80% of the village population belongs to one caste - Reddy. Though a single caste is predominant, it has politically diversified views. Both Indian National Congress and Telugudesam Parties play predominant role in the political arena. If all the individuals in the village unite then there may be a possibility for the overall development of the village. Since they are on both sides they could not grab the political advantages, and often damaged with the political disadvantages. Though there are some individuals working for both political parties they are not strong enough to become potential leaders.
We can take Kotha Reddy Palem village as a model village, because even though all the village population are poor illiterates they are very concern about the education of their children. It is evident that, they don't want their children to struggle like them in the fields, they send each and every child to school. Recently, the village witnesses sound increase in the literacy rate. Unlike other Indian villages gender disparity is often bypassed for promoting child education. Kotha Reddy Palem village has one Primary School. With the parents initiation children are today able to join in prestigious institutions at state and national level.
One can say that being a small village with little number of people, students from this village have all kinds of educational backgrounds. Starting from polytechnic, social sciences, technological courses such as MCA, MBA and Engineering are the prime areas of their engagement.
Agriculture is the main source of the Income. Most of the farms in this village belong to marginal farmers and very few belongs to landlords. People mostly rely on money lenders because banks which are located in the nearest town Addanki are not interested in giving loans to the village people as they are serving the other villages such as Patha Reddy Palem. The village has three milk collection booths. There are two temples in the village i.e. Ramalayam and Poleramma tally temples.