Devarapalle, West Godavari

Devarapalli (దేవరపల్లి)
Village and Mandal
Devarapalli (దేవరపల్లి)

Location in Andhra Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 17°02′N 81°22′E / 17.03°N 81.37°ECoordinates: 17°02′N 81°22′E / 17.03°N 81.37°E
Country  India
State Andhra Pradesh
District West Godavari
Talukas Devarapalle, West Godavari district
Population
 • Total 23,000
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 534313
Telephone code 08813258355

Devara-palle is a village and a mandal in West Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.[1]

About

Devarapalli (దేవరపల్లి) is a Nagar panchayat and mandal or Taluk/Tahsil & Mandal in West Godavari District in the State of Andhra Pradesh in India. This mandal is very popular for few temples & Canals. Temples are like Sivalayam, Sai Baba Temple, Ayyappa Swami Temple, Anjaneya swami Temple, Subryamanya swami Temple. every year the month of October & November kartika masam so many people visit these temples. Major canals are polavaram,tadipudi. population of out town-50,000+ major fields are Virginia, Tobacco, Sugar cane, Rice, palm oil, Cashew. Basic Revenue of this town is from Cultivation only.

Commerce of Devarapalli was largely started by agricultural families within West Godavari District. Devarapalli is one of the major centres for tobacco trading in Andhra Pradesh.

Devarapalli is from Gopalapuram Assembly Constituency and Rajahmundry Parliament Constituency.

The following is the list of village panchayats in Devarapalli mandal.

  1. Bandapuram
  2. Chinnayigudem
  3. Devarapalli
  4. Duddukuru
  5. Gowripatnam
  6. Kondagudem
  7. Kurukuru
  8. Lakshmipuram
  9. Pallantla
  10. Tyajampudi
  11. Yadavole
  12. Yernagudem
  13. Krishnam Palaem
  14. Ramanna Palaem
  15. Dhumanthuni Gudam

Climate

The climate is mostly hot and humid, with mostly a tropical climate and thereby, with no distinct seasons. The mean maximum temperature is 36 °C. The hottest season is from April to June, with temperature ranging from 34 °C to 48 °C -- with maximum of 51 °C recorded in May 2002 and May 2007. The coolest months are December and January, when it is pleasant at 27 °C – 30 °C. There is a lot of rain due to the monsoon and cyclonic storms in the Bay of Bengal.

Climate data for Devarapalli
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29
(84)		 31
(88)		 34
(93)		 40
(104)		 47
(117)		 42
(108)		 36
(97)		 33
(91)		 32
(90)		 32
(90)		 30
(86)		 29
(84)		 34.6
(94.3)
Average low °C (°F) 18
(64)		 21
(70)		 24
(75)		 27
(81)		 30
(86)		 27
(81)		 26
(79)		 25
(77)		 24
(75)		 23
(73)		 21
(70)		 19
(66)		 23.8
(74.8)

Road

Devarapalli(దేవరపల్లి) is well connected to the rest of the country by National Highways. Transport by road from Devarapalli to all the places of interest is available in the form of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) buses.

Motor driven (auto) rickshaws and manual driven (cycle) rickshaws are available in Devarapalli. Private lorries (trucks), cars and two-wheelers (motorcycles and scooters) abound as well.

Public and private bus operators provide transport services to various parts of the country.

Education

Education in the town is implemented by both the government and the private institutions.

High Schools: 1(Both English & Telugu Medium)

Upper Primary Schools : 2 such as 

       GVR English Medium school 
       Little Hearts School
       Sri Chaitanya Techno school

Elementary Schools : 2

Private schools are scattered all over the town. A majority of them implement the Andhra Pradesh State Syllabus for their students, such as the Satya Sai Public School, G.V.R School, Little Hearts School, etc. Recently Sri Chaitanya has started the Techno School in Devarapallli

The spirit of Techno Schools is to make every child competitive and a complete person by our integrated programs for Pre-Primary, Primary and High school. It helps in understanding and implementing the core essentials of life through : Morals : The ability to discriminate right and wrong Values

Junior Colleges : 1(S.V.R.K Jr College)

Degree Colleges : 1(Bh.S.R & V.L.M Degree College)

P G Colleges : 1(Bh.S.R & V.L.M P.G. College)

Little Hearts E.M School

Sports

Tennicoit is the most popular game in the city.
Cricket,Volleyball,Tennis,Badminton as well

Unique Technical cricketer with strong basics in cricket are born in devarapalli whose name are "Satya Konjarla" won few matches in mandal/district level throughout their career.

Near By Cities

Rajahmundry 29 km
Vijayawada 125 km visakhapatnam 230 km Eluru 63 km
Jangareddygudem 35 km Khammam 175 km
Suryapet 209 km
Hanumakonda 244 km
Nalgonda 248 km
Warangal - Hanmakonda - Khazipet 300  km
Ramagundam 301 km
Karimnagar 306 km
Mancherial 308 km
Siddipet 315 km
Hyderabad via Khammam 369 km
Hyderabad via Vijayawada 400 km

Assembly constituency

Devarapalli(దేవరపల్లి) is belongs Gopalapuram assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. It is considered a stronghold of TDP, which won all the election battles here since its 1983. There are 1,90,448 registered voters in Gopalpuram constituency as per 2013 census.

Elected Member:

Muppidi Venkateswararao - Telegudesam won with 11540 majority against to Talari Venkata rao from YSR party.

Panchayats

The following is the list of village panchayats in Devarapalli, West Godavari district mandal. The Gram Panchayat elections in Devarapalli will be held in 27 July 2013.
Elected Member:

References

  1. ↑ "List of Sub-Districts". Census of India. Retrieved 2007-05-25.