District Census Handbook, Guntur, Part X
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CENSUS 1971 SERIES 2 ANDHRA PRADESH DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK GUNTUR PART X-A VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY PART X-B VILLAGE & TOWN PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT T. VEDANTAM OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLISHED BY THE GOVER.NMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH 1973 The visitors include mostly the Hindus, while II lew thousand Muslims and Christians also visit the shrine, some of them with devotion and many Of them for fun. Thousands of Lambadas even from the Telan gana Region visit this famous temple on Sivaratri day who take pleasure of putting their donations in the 'hundi' box in the shape of silver rupees. Such a huge congregation is an exclusive feature of the KOlappa konda festival alone. The dark night of Mahasivaratri and the usually dreary landscape of the area throbs with life full of mirth, gay and ecstasy and reverbera tes with din and rattle that emanate from the vast concourse of people that throng in lakhs and lakhs at this holy pilgrim spot of Sri Trikuteswara Kshetram to witness and participate in the festival celebratcd once in a year. F1'(>(' feeding is done in thl' temporary sheds ((Instructed for different communities on this jl'stilJ(, occasion. While a majoritv of the Hind1lS ob.len/(' fast on this holy day, a few thousand take food in these community feasts. The highlight of the festival is the participation Kotappa Kanda of 'Prabhas' of dilJaent sizes which are made up of Kotappakonda, a hamlet of Kondaka1l11T Village bamboo and coloured cloth and paper. Many of the lies at a distance of 7 miles or 12 Kms. from Xam Prabhas moe of moderate height with 25 to 30 feet in f1 rectanglllar shape, the upper portion resembling fl sarao/Jet, a sub-divisional headquarters IOWIl in Guntnr district. A distinction of this famolls hill '~ofJ1lram' or tower. They usually cost a few hund· is, . it is surrounded by other . hills and three reds of rupees while some of the giant 'Prabhas' loising peaks are seen prominently from any direction, to a height of 100 feet, based on a number of bullock carts. minutely decorated and illuminated b'), different as such and the . hill . came . to be . known (II 'Trikutachalam' or 'Trikutandri'. The three 'Sikh a lighting arrangements with power supplied by gene rams' are named after Vishnu, Brahma and Rudm. ra/ors carried on the carts, cost some thousands. The The Lord in the shape of 'Sivalingam' established ull /wabhas of different sizes would be taken in proce,, the hill top is known as Trikuteswara or Trikoteswara ~ions from dilJerent neighbouring villages, each as seen from the inscriptions found on the Kotappa 'prabha' accompanied by an estimated following that konda. The circumference of the hill is about 6 miles, mnges between 50 to 300 people depending ulmn the with an area of 1,500 acres and a height of 1,587 feet. siz{' class of population of the respective 1Iillages. The A fine but a steep flight of steps leads one to the tot) giant prabhas unable to wend their way through the of the hill. On the hill, there are a number of natu milling crowds occupying every inch of the tlast ex ml ponds out of which eight are in frollt of the present panse of the area abutting the hill are stationed side temple. The northern boundary of the newly formed b)l side to each other on a meadow at the foot of the Pmkasam District runs in close proximity to Kanda· hill. In their majesty of pomp and splendour they ka1lur Village which is hardly 2 miles away fTOm it. appear as if they are the presiding deities supervising The Nagarjttnasagar through its right channel, the the whole festivities, Jawahar Canal running to a length of 245 miles, noU' The Prabhas which require co-operation of a large provides adequate water to this area which was pro number of people tor their constructioll, transport verbially a famine-stricken area earlier. and festivities attached to the festival have a great The celebrated Koteswaraswamy temple is the unifying force among all the communities of the area. chief place of worsh(p. The 'Mahasivaratri' occuring What is more, the occasion can well be a tourist at during February-March every year is the chief festival traction if properly advertised in advance througholl t which draws crowds estimated at well over 2 lakhs. India and abroad. PREFACE The District Census Handbooks which were first published at the 1951 Census proved to be very useful to the State and Central Government Departments, private agencies and academic bodies Jike Universities and Research Institutions. The scope of these Handbooks was enlarged to make them more useful during the 1961 Census. Considering the delay in the publication of these Hand books due to difficulties in finding suitable Presses which could undertake huge printing work of thi~ kind, it was considered desirable to split up the 1971 Census Handbooks into three parts viz., Part A Village and Town Directory, Part B - Village and TOWIl Primary Census Abstract and Part C - Analytical Report, Departmental Statistics and District Census Tables. This was done mainly with a view to publishing Parts A and B which contain not only the population data upto the village and town level but also the particulars about the basic amenities etc.. available in the towns and villages, as early as possible for public use. The scope and contents of these three parts are elaborated in the introduction of this volume. I am glad to record here that Parts A and B of the 1971 Census Handbooks of all the 21 districts in the State have been finalised already. I expect that before the end of 1973 Parts A and B for all the 21 clislric ts would have been published. The compilation of these Handbooks is being done from the 1951 Census in the Office of the Director of Census Operations while the cost of paper. printing, etc., required for these volumes is being borne by the State Government. The Alldhra Pradesh State Government have readily agreed to bear the cost of printing and paper for the 1971 Census Handbooks. I am grateful to the Andhra Pradesh State Government and in particular to lhe Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Shri S. A. Quader, lAS., for their co-operation and encouragement. I am thankful to the Director of Printing, Government of Amlin a Pradesh for assisting me by selecting suitable presses for undertaking the printillg of the Handbooks. The data presented in the Village and Town Directories are obtained from different State Government and Central Government Depart ments but for whose co-operation Part-A of the Handbooks could not have been compiled. I am thankful to all of them for furnishing me the requ ired data. 1 am extremely grateful to Shri . \. Chandra Sekhar. lAS., Registrar General, India and Dr. Roy Burman. Deputy Registrar General, India who formulated the contents of these Handbooks in detail and rendered spontaneous help a ill I encouragement to me at all stages. The lollowing staff of my Offie:' worked on the present volume of Glintur District Census Handbook uncler the guidance and supervision of Shri P. S. R. Avadhanv. Deputy Director of Census Operations and Sri K. Narasimha l'Vllirthy, Assi~tant Director of Census Operations of my Office: Sri P. B. Sunder Raj, Tabulation Officer "I Drafting, Scrutiny Sri T. Brahmiah, Statistical Assistant .r and Supervision Smt. K. Subbalakshmi, Computor Sri M. Appalacharyulu, Upper Division Clerk \ Sri S. Rama Krishna, Assistant Compiler ~ Compilation I Sri P. V. Prabhaker -do- i I Kum. Anusuya -do- ) Sri T. Govardhana Rao, Statistical Assistant Supervision of } Printing Sri K. S. Krishna Murthy, Proof Reader ~ Proof Reading Sri K. Vijender Rao, Computor j 'I Scrutiny & Sri A. Venkateswara Rao, Assistant Compiler j Printing of ;,\faps Sri :\1. N. Ram Mohan, Artist ~i Supervision ot f \lapping work Sri Syed Ahull:d. Senior Draughtsmau 'I, Sri .\1. J. Sadi<J Draughtsman Sri ?\. G. SW;IIll\ -do- Sri Moinuddin Hassan -do· , Preparation of Sri :\1. Shallkariah ·do· j .\raps Sri \Cd. Yagub Ali -do· Sri B. Raghuram ·do· Smt. Dava Saxena -do· ) 1 aIll gra tcful to their services. I trust that this humble effort on the P,1l t of the Census Organisation would meet with the appreciation it deserves. T. VEDANTA\1 Director of Census Op('ration~ CONTENTS Pages In troduction 1- 4 PART A-VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY SECTION I-VILLAGE DIRECTORY Explanatory Note-Village Directory 5-10 Village Directory: Guntur Taluk 11-19 Tenali Taluk 21-27 Repalle Taluk 29-33 Bapatla Taluk 35-39 Narasaraopet Taluk 41-45 Vinukonda Taluk 47-51 Palnad Taluk 53-59 Sattenapalle Taluk 61-69 Talukwise Abstract of Amenities 70-71 SECTION II-ToWN DIRECTORY Explanatory Note-Town Directory 73-77 Town Directory: Statement I Status, Growth History and Functional Category of Towns 78 Statement n Physical Aspects and Location of Towns 79 Statement III Civic Finance 80 Statement IV Civic and other Amenities 81 Statement V Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities 82-83 Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking Facillties 84 Statement VII Population by Religion and Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes 85 PART B-VILLAGE AND TOWN PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT Explanatory Note-Primary Census Abstract 87-91 Primary Census Abstract: GUNTUR DISTRICT 92-99 Guntur Taluk 101-171 Tenali Taluk 173-211 Repalle Taluk 213-233 Bapatla Taluk 235-266 Narasaraopet Taluk 267-303 Vinukonda Taluk 305-324 Palnad Taluk 325-353 Satten'apalle Taluk 355-381 III iv MAPS GUNTUR DISTRICT Fron tispiece Guntur Taluk Facing Page It Tenali Taluk ., 21 RepaUe Taluk " 29 Bapatla Taluk t.