Munganda

Munganda
Village
Munganda Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 16°35′54″N 81°55′07″E / 16.598204°N 81.918674°E / 16.598204; 81.918674Coordinates: 16°35′54″N 81°55′07″E / 16.598204°N 81.918674°E / 16.598204; 81.918674
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Region	Konaseema
District	East Godavari district
Area
• Total	5.39 km2 (2.08 sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	533214

Munganda is a village in Konaseema, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. The village dates back to early 14th century. Kesava Bhattu, the grand father of the great poet scholar Jagannadha Panditha Rayalu was said to have pleased Sri Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagara with his prowess in Literature and Kuchipudi Dance and received Agraharam “Munganda”as a present.^[1]

This village comes under the P.Gannavaram mandal and is on the Ambajipeta−Razole main road. Munganda has a planned village layout – all streets are parallel to each other. The three main vertical streets are known as Raja Veedhi, Red-Cross Veedhi, Mantha vari Veedhi (Dravilla Veedhi). In Raja Veedhi Junction (in the middle of the road between Munganda manchineella Cheruvu and Muleswara Swamy temple). This village is located 59 km towards the south from District headquarters Kakinada 4 km from P. Gannavaram. 439 km from state capital Hyderabad.

Telugu is spoken in Muganda. The population 5,470 - 2,711 male and 2,759 female, there are 1313 dwellings. The total area is 539 hectares.

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