Pachipenta

Pachipenta
village
Pachipenta Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 18°28′N 83°07′E / 18.46°N 83.11°E / 18.46; 83.11Coordinates: 18°28′N 83°07′E / 18.46°N 83.11°E / 18.46; 83.11
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Elevation	219 m (719 ft)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	535 592
Telephone code	91 08964

Pachi-penta is a Village and Mandal headquarters, near Salur, in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, India.^[1]

Geography

Pachipenta is located at 18.28N 83.07E. It has an average elevation of 219 meters (721 ft).

It is bounded by Koraput district of Orissa state on the Northern side.

Demography

Pachipenta Mandal has a population of 43,995 in 2001. Males consists of 22,144 and females 21,851 of the population. The average literacy rate is 35%, lowest in the entire the district. Male literacy rate is 43% and that of females 26%.

There are 54 revenue villages and 28 panchayats in Pachipenta mandal.

Features

• Vegavathi River takes its origin in the nearby hills in Eastern Ghats. It is a tributary to Suvarnamukhi which in turn is a tributary to River Nagavali.

• Vegavathi Anicut ^[2] was constructed across River Vegavathi during 1954-1958. The project is located near Karrivalsa village and utilizes 0.653 TMC of the available water. The Ayacut of 2,664 Acres has been stabilised in Pachipenta and Salur Mandals of Vizianagaram District.

• There is Andhra Pradesh Tribal Welfare Residential Junior College in P.Konavalasa village maintained by Tribal Welfare department of Andhra Pradesh Government.^[3]

• This mandal is famous for Tobacco cultivation.

• There is a post office at Pachipenta.

Villages and Panchayats

According to the District Statistics, there are 54 revenue villages and 28 village panchayats in Pachipenta Mandal.^[4]

• Ajuru (panchayat)
• Borramamidi (panchayat)
• Garisiguddi (panchayat)
• Gotturu (panchayat)
• Gummidiguda (panchayat)
• Gurivinaidupeta (panchayat)
• Karrivalasa (panchayat)
• Kerangi (panchayat)
• Kesali (panchayat)
• Kotikipenta (panchayat)
• Mathumuru (panchayat)
• Meliakanchuru (panchayat)
• Mirthivalasa (panchayat)
• Moduga (panchayat)
• Mosuru (panchayat)
• Mutakudu (panchayat)
• P.Konavalasa (panchayat)
• Pachipenta (panchayat)
• Padmapuram (panchayat)
• Panchali (panchayat)
• Panukuvalasa (panchayat)
• Peddavalasa (panchayat)
• Raiguddivalasa (panchayat)
• Sathabi (panchayat)
• Taduru (panchayat)
• Tangalam (panchayat)
• Tumaravalli (panchayat)
• Viswanadhapuram (panchayat)

References