Vetapalem

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Vetapalem
Mandal
Vetapalem Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 15°47′N 80°19′E / 15.78°N 80.32°E / 15.78; 80.32Coordinates: 15°47′N 80°19′E / 15.78°N 80.32°E / 15.78; 80.32
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Prakasam
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	37,037
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	523 187
Vehicle registration	27

Vetapalem(Telugu: వేటపాలెం)is a census town in Prakasam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Vetapalem had a population of 37,037. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Vetapalem has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 50%. In Vetapalem, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

About Vetapalem

Vetapalem is in Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh in India on the Tenali-Madras railway line. It is close to the eastern seacoast near the constituency of Chirala. A few trains stop in Vetapalem. It takes 15 minutes to reach Vetapalem by auto from Chirala.

Vetapalem was otherwise called Mrugayapuri in ancient times.

Besides being famous for its fine cashew nuts, this small town is home to a treasure of Telugu literature. If your search for a Telugu book has been unsuccessful so far, chances are that you will find it in Vetapalem Saraswata Niketanam. And, that's no exaggeration. It is one of the foremost research oriented libraries of Andhra Pradesh. This library, founded by late V.V. Shreshti in 1918 with the help of "Pantulu Garu" (Adusumalli Srinivasa Rao), had the rare privilege and good fortune of its foundation stone being laid by The Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, in 1929. In 1935, Babu Rajendra Prasad visited the library and blessed it. The buildings were opened by Seth Jamnalal Bajaj and Shri Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu. It has been the fountain of inspiration to the youth during the freedom struggle. Successive Chief Ministers and great scholars have visited the library and paid encomia. This library is the knowledge source for many national and international scholars for archives of information. In spite of its wealth of Telugu literature, and over 80 years of its colossal service to the Telugu cause, it remains largely undiscovered, even among literati. An interesting thing about this library is that since its founding in the pre-independence era in 1918, it has remained a private, family-maintained library, a rare institution of its kind in Andhra Pradesh and perhaps in India.

Vetapalem is a good place for the people to survive with handcraft work and a peaceful life. It has a lot of small industries like handloom weaving, cashew nuts, and aquaculture. It comes under the coastal area, which is very near to Bay of Bengal, at a distance of 4 km. It is surrounded by a lot villages, and has a healthy atmosphere to survive in a good place. The main industries are agarbathi and handicrafts along with the cashew industry.

B.B.H Jr. College has been famous for many decades. Many students from and around Vetapalem studied here. This was established in 1921. It has received minimal funding in recent years. This is well known right from the establishment. Sri Gollapoodi SeethaRamaiah Hostel provides midday meals for poor students at free of costs. Today many students got good jobs who had midday meals at this hostel. Thanks to Gollapoodi SeethaRamaiah Hostel.

Ashrams

Nityavatara Dattakshetram

Nearby cities and towns

West North East south
Inkollu (20.4 km)
Kadavakuduru (4.9 km)
Karanchedu (6.0 km)
Chirala (8 km)
Vadarevu (5.9 km)
Chinna Ganjam (6.3 km)
Ongole (51 km)
Motupally (4.5 km)
Pandillapalli (3 km)

Historical Anecdote

In 1785/86, a German-Dutch traveller, Jacob Haafner (1755–1809), employee of the Dutch East India Company, passed Vetapalem and found it one of the best places to live in India; he extensively described the village, the landscape, the people and their work which consisted at that time mainly in weaving: "I never met a more pleasant and convenient place in my whole journey - a real paradise!".^[2]

References

↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
↑ Jacob Haafner, Reize in eenen Palanquin, Amsterdam 1808; German translation: "Reise in einem Palankin", Mainz 2003. ("Voyage in a Palanquin", part I, ch.9.) Available only in Dutch resp. German: http://www.Jacob-Haafner.de

External links

v t e Prakasam district

District Headquarters	Ongole

Mandals	Addanki Ardhaveedu Ballikurava Bestavaripeta Chandrasekharapuram Chimakurthi Chinaganjam Chirala Cumbum Darsi Donakonda Dornala Giddaluru Gudlur Hanumanthunipadu Inkollu Janakavaram Panguluru Kandukur Kanigiri Karamchedu Komarolu Konakanamitla Kondapi Korisapadu Kotha patnam Kurichedu Lingasamudram Maddipadu Markapur Marripudi Martur Mundlamuru Naguluppalapadu Ongole Pamur Parchur Peda Araveedu Pedacherlopalle Podili Ponnaluru Pullalacheruvu Punugodu Racherla Santhamaguluru Santhanuthalapadu Singarayakonda Tangutur Tarlupadu Thallur Tripuranthakam Ulavapadu Veligandla Vetapalem Voletivaripalem Yeddanapudi Yerragondapalem Zarugumilli

Villages	Gundlapalli Koru Uppalapadu Chinthagumpalli Kovur (village) Dhenuva Konda Doddavaram Dupadu East Choutapalem Gudluru Guntupalli Karamchedu Kondamanjulur Kunchepalli Maddipadu Medarametla Mukthapuram Naguluppalapadu Palukuru Ramayapalem Ramayapatnam Sivaramapuram T. Naidu Palem Tellapadu Thimmayapalem Uppugundur Valaparla Veerannapalem Vinodarayunipalem V.R.Kota Yendluru

v t e Cities and towns in Prakasam district

Cities, municipal and census towns	Addanki Bestavaripeta Chirala Chimakurthi Giddaluru Kandukur Kanigiri Markapur Ongole Pamur Podili Singarayakonda Vetapalem

See also	People from Prakasam district Villages in Prakasam district

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