District Census Handbook, Ongole (Prakasam)
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CENSUS 1971 SERIES 2 ANDHRA PRADESH DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK ONGOLE (PRAKASAM) 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 GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH 1973 tlnd Darsi taluks. It receives seveml streams from both sides of which the Chilamaleru and the Doma puvagu on its left flank are important. It then flows east and finally falls in the Bay of Bengal near De varampadu in Ongole taluk. The total length of the river is about 265Kms. or 165 miles. The TiveT together with all its tributaries plays a vital mle in the economic life of Ongole district. During the decade 1961-70, some of the old anicuts UY OF thrown across either Gundlakamma or its tributaries a£NGAt. were impmved besides taking up a few new ventures to improve the irrigation potential of the district. It has a total catchment area of about 3,000 Sq. Miles. The Cum bum tank system ayacut area spreads over 6,275 acres. It is being improved and an additiol1al area of 629 acres is to be irrigated. There are 5 more Gundlakamma River projects being constructed on the tributaries of GUlld Ongole District is a new district formed on lakamma river in the taluks of Markapur, Darsi, and 2-2-1970. It was subsequently renamed as 'Prakasam Ongole. !heegaleru aniclit near Thokapalle gandi, District' in 1972 to cherish the fond memory of the a reservoIr across Rallavagu near Mllraripalle village great Andhra leader, Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu, and a supply channel from GUlldlakamma TiveT to born in this district. feed Pedda Cheruvll near Vemulakota village in Markapur taluk and Rallavagu anicut neaT Sanika The Gundlakamma River, comparatively un varam village are under construction. All these known among the major river systems of the State, projects together . irrigate an area of 2,534 is of great importance for Ongole district as it is acres. In Darsi talllk, a feeder channel to the only perennial water stream constituting its life Gundlakamma river is under construction near line with its t)-ibutaries and hill streams. The river Kocherlakota group ot tanks. About 978 .acres rises at an altitude of 2,954' (900 metres roughly) are likely to be irrigated undeT this scheme. near Gundlabrahmeswaram village nestling in the Another anicut across Dornapuvagu, its tributar), is Nallamalai hills in Nand)lal taluk of Kurnool district. being constructed near Vitalapur~m which will iTTi A fter receiving the two moun tain torren ts of the gate 166 aCTes. Bhmlf1nasi Project is a small project Jampaleru and the Vemuleru, the river enters the constructed across the Bhavanasi Tiver, a tributary to plains through the gorge of Cum bum where it was Gundlakamma and is intended to irrigate about 2,500 acres of land in five villages of Ongole taluh. dammed to form the great Cumbum tank during the The Nagarjunasagar Right Side Canal (Jawahar ca Vijayanagara period. ~ Thereafter the river receives nal) which passes through Markapur,Darsi, Podili and several tributaries besides carrying the mrplus waters of the tank. It runs in a north-easterly direction, se K anigiri taluks of this district crosses over the Gundla kamma river and two at its tributaries namely Tala parating the former districts of Kurnool and Gllntur, galeru 01' Teegalent and DlIvvaleru through aqueducts and turns to the north to assume a meandering com at thTee places, viz., i) Laxmipuram village of Darsi se across the Velikonda hills. Flowing in a north-easter talllk; ii)Tokapalle and iii) Viswanathapuram ly direction, it strikes the western boundary of Vinll villages, both of Markapur taluk, which are undeT konda taluk, near Tangirala where it is joined by construction. lhe Kand/eru, its most important tributary in Ongole district. At Ail1avolu village it crosses the Gllntakal Though this is a small river it used to cause im Vijayawada railway line from where it flows further mense damage to persons, properties and cattle due to east collecting the Valent and the Javllkavagu on its the sudden nature of its floods. It used to be described rzght [lank. It is joined enroute by its other impor in the past as the River of Sorrow. In these days of tant tributaries like the Pasupuleru and the Konenl. concern for the small man, Government's efforts to Flowing soufhwards with a slight inclination to the harness the waters of this small river for irrigation east, the river enters into Ongole taluk via Darsi purposes has tamed it substantially. Noto it is the taluk. It then meets Bhavanasi, one of its important RiveT of Happiness to the most backward of talllhs tributaries Tising in the north-west corner of Ongole through which it passes. Verity Gundlakamma is the taluk, a few miles to the nOTth of Addanki. From River of Destiny for the people of this district - the Addanki, the river flows south separating the Ongole River of the District! 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 like 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 the Hand books due to difficulties in finding suitable presses which could undertake huge printing work of this kind, it was considered desirable to split up the 19,1 Census Handbooks into three parts viz., Part A - Village and Town Directory, Part B - Village and Town Primary Census Abstract and Part C - Analytical Report, Departmental Statistics and Di ,trict 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 Hand books of all the 21 Districts in the State have been finalised already and I expect before the end of 1973 Parts A and B for all the 21 Districts would have been published. The compilation of these Handbooks is being done from the 1951 Census in the Office of the DireGtor of Census Operatiom while the cost of paper, printing etc., required for these volumes is being borne by the State Government. The Andhra Pradesh State Government have readily agreed to bear the cost of printing and paper for the 1971 Census Handbooks. I am grateful to the Anclhra Pradesh State Government and in particular to the 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 Andhra Pradesh for assisting me by selecting suitable presses for undertaking the printing- of the Handbook!S. The data presented in the Village and Town Directories are obtained from different State Government and Central Government Departments 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 reguired data. I am extremely grateful to Shri A. Chandra Sekhar, lAS., Registrar General, India and Dr. B. K. Roy Burman, Deputy Registrar General, India who formulated the contents of these Hand books in detail and rendered spontaneous help and encouragement to me at all stages. The following staff of my Office worked on the present volume of Ongole (Prakasam) Dis trict Censm Handbook under the guidance and supervision of Shri P. S. R. Avadhany, Deputy Director of Census Operations and Sri K. Narasimha Murthy, Assistant Director of Census Operations of my office. Sri P. B. Sunder Raj,. Tabulation Officer \ Drafting, Scrutiny and Sri T. Brahmaiah, Statistical Assistant ~ Supervision of Printing Sri K. V. Sarma, Statistical Assistant ) Sri G. V. Ramachandran, Computor ') Sri S. Rama Krishna, Assistant Compiler I Sri P. V. Prabhaker, Assistant Compiler I Collection and Smt. K. Subbalakshmi, Computor >- Compilation Knm. K. Anasuya, Assistant Compiler I Sri ~. V. Sastry, Assistant Compiler ) 11 Sri G. Jayaraju, Proof Reader \. Proof Reading Sri S. Venkata Ramulu, Proof Reader J Sri A. Venkateswara Rao, Assistant Compiler } Scrutiny of Maps ') Supervision of Sri M. N. Ram ~fohan, Artist r Mapping Work Sri Syed Ahmed. Senior Draughtsman '\ I Sri M. J. Sadiq. Draughtsman I Sri N. C. Swamy. Draughtsman I I Sri Moinuddin Hassan. Draughtsman I Sri M. Shankaraiah, Draughtsman >- Preparation of l\1api Sri Md. Yaqub Ali, Draughtsman I Sri B. Raghuram, Draughtsman I J Smt. Daya Saxena, Draughtsman I Sri D. Koteswara Rao, Computor J I am grateful to their services. I trust that this humble effort on the part of the Census Organisation would meet with the appreciation it deserves. T. VEDANTAM Director of Census Operations CONTENTS Pages In troduction 1- 4 PART A-VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY SECTION I-VILLAGE DIRECTORY Explanatory Note-Village Directory 5-12 Village Directory: Ongole Taluk 13-19 Kandukur Taluk 21~33 Kanigiri Taluk 35-47 Giddalur Taluk 49-55 Markapur Taluk 57-63 Podili Taluk 65-71 Darsi Taluk 73-81 Addanki Taluk 83-89 ChiruJa Taluk 91-93 Talukwise Abstract of Amenities 94-95 SECTION II-ToWN DIRECTORY Explanatory Note-Town Directory 97-103 Town Directory: Statement I Status, Growth History and Functional Category of Towns 104