Kanchikacherla

Kanchikacherla
town
Kanchikacherla Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 16°24′45″N 80°13′56″E / 16.4125°N 80.232334°E / 16.4125; 80.232334Coordinates: 16°24′45″N 80°13′56″E / 16.4125°N 80.232334°E / 16.4125; 80.232334
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Region	Coastal Andhra
District	Krishna
Government
• Body	Kanchikacherla Panchayathi
• Member of Legislative Assembly	Tangirala Prabhakararao
• Member of Parliament	Lagadapati. Raja Gopal
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	35,817
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	521180
Telephone code	8678
Vehicle registration	AP16
Lok Sabha constituency	Vijayawada
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Nandigama
Planning agency	Kanchikacherla Panchayathi
Climate	Tropical climate (Köppen)
Precipitation	1,050 millimetres (41 in)
Avg. annual temperature	27 °C (81 °F)
Avg. summer temperature	50.3 °C (122.5 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	24 °C (75 °F)

Kanchikacherla is a small town in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is about 35 km from the city of Vijayawada on National Highway 9.

Villages in Kanchikacherla Mandal

The following is the list of villages in this Mandal.^[1]

1. Bathinapadu
2. Chevitikallu
3. Gandepalli
4. Ganiatukuru
5. Gottumukkala
6. Kanchikacherla  : Kanchikacherla on Globe
7. Keesara
8. Kunikinapadu
9. Moguluru
10. Munnaluru
11. Paritala
12. Pendyala
13. Perakalapadu
14. Saidapuram
15. Seri amaravaram
16. Vemulapalle
17. Kothapet(village)

Transport

The town has an APSRTC bus station, with many buses connecting to the nearby villages and towns. Bus is the major means of transportation for resident movement to other towns and villages. Buses are being replaced by automobiles. Due to the drastic increase in the number of automobiles providing transportation services to nearby villages, APSRTC cut down its bus services.^{[citation needed]} Bicycles are primarily used for internal transportation. Recently, scooters and motorcycles are rapidly replacing the bicycle.

The town's development is attributed largely to its location on the highway and has a linear settlement pattern. Other towns in the vicinity of Kanchikacherla are Nandigama, Ibrahimpatnam and the city Vijayawada.

Economy

The region around the town has fertile soil and irrigation is rain dependent and sometimes supported by the canals of the river, Krishna. The regions major crops include tobacco and cotton.^{[citation needed]} Kanchikacherla is famous for lorry suppliers for the ground transportation of goods. The primary shopping malls are situated alongside National Highway 9, with a few on the main road of Jujjur. The town has many wholesale and retail businesses, including garments, pulses, cereals and other edible products, fancy markets, fertilizers, pharmacy and metal.^{[citation needed]}

Politics

Kanchikacherla is a politically active town with the majority of voters and leaders from the Kamma, Kapu and Dalit communities.^{[citation needed]} Telugu Desam party has a strong hold on various communities of the town due to the great leadership skills exhibited by Late Devineni Venkata Ramana^{[citation needed]}. Kanchikacherla is the birthplace of the andhrapradesh dalith movements,^{[citation needed]} Gokarajupallie dalit movement,^{[citation needed]}, kancherla kotesu dalit movement^{[citation needed]} and chillakalludalit movements.^{[citation needed]} The three major dalit movements in Andhra Pradesh were started in kanchikacherla and these dalit movements paved the way to Karamchedu dalit movement and Tsunduru dalit movements of Andhra Pradesh.^{[citation needed]} Dalits are Politically active in this town as a result of which BSP shares a strong portion of voters in the Elections. From the day Devineni venkata ramana has elected as an MLA in 1996-99, this manadal has grown towards prosperity in richness through various employment opportunities by Industrialization, adequate supply of water and other resources to Agriculture which was continued by his successor and Brother, Sri Devineni Uma Maheswarar Rao.^{[citation needed]} Currently, Sri Thangirala Prabhakar Rao is representing the town in Andhra Pradesh Assembly.^{[citation needed]}

Religion

Religious diversity and religious tolerance are both established in the town by law and custom.^{[citation needed]} A vast majority of people associate themselves with a religion.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Kanchikacherla has several schools and Colleges.

High Schools:^{[citation needed]}

• ZPP High School (Telugu Medium)
• Vijaya Rani English Convent High School (English Medium)
• Vignan Convent & Tutorials
• Gowthami Public school (English Medium)
• MNR School Of Excellence (English Medium)
• St. Mary's Achool (Telugu Medium)

Junior Colleges:^{[citation needed]}

• SGS Govt. Jr College
• Immaculate Jr. College
• sidhartha junior college
• gowtham junior college
• khasim intermediate college

Degree Colleges:^{[citation needed]}

• Immaculate Degree College
• sidhatha degree college
• gowtham degree college
• khasim degree college

Engineering Colleges:^{[citation needed]}

• DVR and MIC College of Engineering
• MVR College of Engineering
• Amritha Sai Institute Of Science & Technology: http://www.amritasai.org.in
• Khasim Engineering college

Health

Kanchikacherla has a government hospital (primary heath care) and few of the private hospitals catering the health needs of town and other nearby villages.^{[citation needed]}

Besides the government doctor, other privately practicing doctors in Kanchikacherla: ^{[citation needed]}

1. Dr. Pidikiti Venkateswara Rao MBBS, General Physician

2. Dr. Pullagura Prabhakara Rao MBBS, General Physician

3. Dr. V. peeraiah Naidu MBBS, General Physician

4. Dr. Rama Rao MBBS,General Physician.

5. Dr. A Adi Lakshmi MBBS, General Physician

6. Dr. A Anitha MBBS, Anitha Nursing home, General Physician

7. Dr. Krishna Mohan Madamanchi, General Physician

Banks

1. State Bank of India, Kanchikacherla
2. Andhra Bank, Kanchikacherla
3. State Bank of Hyderabad, Kanchikacherla
4. ICICI Bank Ltd, Kanchikacherla
5. Central Bank of India, Kanchikacherla
6. Life Insurance Corporation of India
7. Krishna District Co-Operative Central Bank

News Feeds about Kanchikacherla

• Eenadu Newspaper

• Sakshi Newspaper

References

1. ↑ "Villages in Kanchikacherla Mandal". Retrieved 2007-02-15.