Badangi

Badangi
బాడంగి
village
Badangi

Location in Andhra Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 18°29′41″N 83°22′06″E / 18.494679°N 83.368241°ECoordinates: 18°29′41″N 83°22′06″E / 18.494679°N 83.368241°E
Country  India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Vizianagaram
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 535 578
Vehicle registration AP35

Badangi is a village and a Mandal in Vizianagaram district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.[1]

It is located on the connecting road between Ramabhadrapuram (National Highway 43) and Chilakapalem (National Highway 5). It is about 43 kilometers from Vizianagaram city.[2]

Demography

Badangi mandal has a population of 47,634 in 2001. Males consists of 24,100 and females 23,534 of the population. The average literacy rate is 49%, below the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy rate is 60% and that of females 38%.

Badangi airstrip

There is a historic Airstrip near Badangi village. It was used as command base for Royal Air Force in British India.[3] The construction was started in 1942 and completed in 1943. It was constructed by Mackenzie company and was the second biggest RAF base after the one at Lahore. It was built on 221-acres of land and consisted of two runways in a cross formation. It had control-tower overlooking both the runways, a separate underground armament depot that housed the 250-pound torpedo bombs, many underground bunkers, hangars, staff quarters and a natural pond for the fire-fighting.

The RAF squadron at Badangi comprised Supermarine Spitfire fighters, Hawker Hurricane fighters, Avro Lancaster bombers, Vickers Wellington bombers, Bristol Beaufighter bombers and Douglas Dakota transport aircraft.

It was closed in 1946, as the war was over. Today, the huge seven-inch thick solid concrete runway that is being used by the local farmers for threshing the grains. All the other structures have been demolished.

Institutions

Villages and panchayats

According to the District Statistics, there are 29 revenue villages and 25 village panchayats in Badangi Mandal.[5]

  1. Akulakatta (village and panchayat)
  2. Anavaram (village and panchayat)
  3. Atchiyyapeta (village)
  4. Badangi (village, panchayat and mandal headquarters)
  5. Bheemavaram (village and panchayat)
  6. Botchavanivalasa (panchayat)
  7. Butchannapeta (revenue village)
  8. Donkinavalasa (village and panchayat)
  9. G.K.R.Puram (revenue village)
  10. Gajarayunivalasa (village and panchayat)
  11. Golladi (village and panchayat)
  12. Gudepuvalasa (village and panchayat)
  13. Ravivalasa(village)
  14. Kamannavalasa (revenue village)
  15. Koduru (village and panchayat)
  16. Kotipalli (village and panchayat)
  17. Krishnapuram (revenue village)
  18. Lakshmipuram (village and panchayat)
  19. Mallampeta (village and panchayat)
  20. Mugada (village and panchayat)
  21. P.Venkampeta (village and panchayat)
  22. Paltheru (village and panchayat)
  23. Pedapalli (village and panchayat)
  24. Pinapenki (village and panchayat)
  25. Pindrangivalasa (village and panchayat)
  26. Pinnavalasa (panchayat)
  27. Pudivalasa (village and panchayat)
  28. Ramachandrapuram (revenue village)
  29. Rejeru (village and panchayat)
  30. Thentuvalasa (village and panchayat)
  31. Vadada (village and panchayat)
  32. Veerasagaram (village and panchayat)
  33. Venkampeta (revenue village)

References

  1. ↑ "Mandals in Vizianagaram district". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
  2. ↑ Badangi map and details at One Fine Nine.com
  3. ↑ Runway down memory lane in The Hindu, 2002.
  4. ↑ Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh.Vizianagaram district
  5. ↑ Details of Andhra Pradesh till Village Panchayat Tier