CENSUS 1971 SERIES 2 ANDHRA PRADESH DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK CUDDAPAH 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 1972 Fort - Gandikota Galtdikota situated on a hill top in lammalama­ relnained ill Qutb Shahi possession till it fell to Auran­ dugu Taluk is a very picturesque spot in Cuddapah gazcb, the A1ughal EmpeTOr in 1687. Tlu British District. It is not known io sweral pasolls of even during their possession of the fort, demolished most Cuddapah District because it is in an out-of-the-way of the buildings within it. place. It is situated at abo itt 5 miles west of Jamma­ lamadugu, a Sub-Divisional Headquarters of Cudda­ The ancient structures within the fort, are in pah District. The name com'nises of two Telllgu words varying stages of decay. The lamia Masjid with two 'Gandi' meaning gorge and 'kOla' meaning fort. "The majestic minarets, larg(: granary with vaulted roof gorge where the Pennar ha~ cut its way through sheer (now being used as travellers' bungalow), a graaful rugged cliffs of bedded sandstone some two or 'pigeon tower' with fretted windows, an extwsive tfree hundred feet high is four miles long, and the palace built of bricks with some plastered decorations, height overlooking the river on the south bank is several wells strongly 1'evetted and provided with crowned by extensive fortifications '" "_ The width , stone steps, the Rayalacheruvu with its perennial within the fort is, ,at its brocdest, almost five and half springs said to have been connected to th(: f01lntains furlongs from west to east and almost a mile from ill Jamia Masjid, the gardens and the springs during north-west to south-east. The importance and the the Muslim and Pre-Muslim days are the sites of cu­ interest of the place lies in its strategic location and riolls interest. There was also a garden called history. 'Parebagh' with a zl'atcrfall at the foot of the hill on the bank of Penneru. An old cannon and The place is of great antiquity, its history dating cannon balls of the type used in the battles fought in back to 8th Century AD. According to Gandikota that place are ,still to be seen lying therl~. Tlure are Kaifiyat one Kakaraju built the fort in S. 1044 (AD also two ancient temples dedicated to Madhavaswamy 1122). The Kakatiya dynasty was overthrown by Mo­ and Raghunatha (or Ranganathaj. The former temple hammadans but later the), were driven back by a is said to have been built by Harihara-Bukkarayalu, confederation of Hindu Ki1 gs. During the Vijayana­ the founders of Vijayanagar Empire on their gar ascendancy Gandikota was the headquarters of a return from a pilgrimage to Varanasi. Lord "Seema" (a territorial divisi mj. It was again invaded Madhavaswamy is said to have appeared and asked by Mohammadans but recilptured by Hindu rulers, him to build this temjJle when he went out hunting About the middle of the Dth Century Mir lumia, a near this place. The fort and the remnants of the Commander of Abdul Qutb Shah took the fort which buildings within are now pTOtected monuments. Source:-(J) Cuddapah District Gazetteer, 1930 and 1967 (2) Fairs and Festivals, Cuddapah District, 1961. 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 these Hand­ books due to difficulties in finding suitable Presse s which could undertake huge printing work of this 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 a nd Town Primary Census Abstract and Part C - Analytical Report, Departmental Statistics and Dis trict Census Tables. This was done mainly with a view to publishing Parts A and B which contain not only the population data up to 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 and five of them are in Press and I expect that before the end of 1973 Pa rts 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 Director of Census Operations while the cost of paper, printing, etc., required for these volumes is being borne by the State Government. The Andh ra 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 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 Andhr a Pradesh for assisting me by selecting three suitable Presses for undertaking the printing of the Handbooks. The data presented in the Village and Town Directories are obtained from different S tate 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 required data. I am extremely grateful to Shri A. 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 and encouragement to me at all stages. The following staff of my Office worked on the present volume of Cuddapah District Census Handbook under the guidance and supervision of Shri P. S. R. Avadhany, Deputy D,rector of Census Operations and Sri K. Narasimha Murthy, Assistant Director of Census Operations of my Office: Sri P. B. Sunder Raj, Tabulation Officer " T. Brahmiah, Statistical Assistant " K. V. Sarma, Statistical Assistant I I " T. Govardhana Rao, Statistical Assistant " N. Gangaraju, Computor I Scrutiny and " M. P. Kutumba Rao, Computor ~ compilation Smt. K. Subbalakshmi, Computor of data Sri M. Appalacharyulu, Upper Division Clerk ." P. V. Prabhaker, Assistant Compiler " S. Ramakrishna, Assistant Compiler Kumari Anusuya, Assistant Compiler J \ (, \ 11 Sri M. N. Ram Mohan, Artist Syed Ahmed, Draughtsman " M. J. Sadiq, Draughtsman Preparation M. Hassan, Draughtsman of maps " Yakub Ali, Draughtsman Sri A. Venkateswara Rao, Assistant Compiler } Scrutiny of maps Sri K. S. Krishna Murthy, Proof Reader Supervision of B. Punnaiah, Assistant Compiler } printing " 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 deierves. T. VEDANTAM Director of Census Operations , CONTENTS Pages In troduction 1- 5 PART A-VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY SECTION I-VILLAGE DIRECTORY Explanatory Note-Village Directory 7-12 Village Directory: Cuddapah Taluk 13-19 Rayachoti Taluk 21-27 Pulivendla TaJuk 29-35 Kamalapuram Ind. Sub-Taluk 37-41 Jammalamadugu Taluk 43-51 Proddatur Taluk 53-59 Badvel Taluk 61-69 Sidhout Taluk 71-75 Rajampet Taluk 77-85 TaJukwise Abstract of Amenities 86-87 SECTION 1I--ToWN DIRECTORY Explana tory Note-Town Directory 89-93 Town Directory: Statement I Status, Growth History and Functional Category of Towns 94 Sta tement II Physical Aspects and Location of Towns 95 Statement III Civic Finance 96 Statement IV Civic and other Amenities 97 Statement V Medical, Educational. Recreational and Cultural Facilities 98 Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking Facilit1es 99 Statement VII Po pula tion by Religion and Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes 100 p ART B --VILLAGE AND TOWN PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT Explanatory Note-Primary Census Abstract 101-105 Primary Census Abstract: CUDDAPAH DISTRICT 106-113 Cuddapah Taluk. 115-141 Rayachoti Taluk 143-169 Pulivendla Taluk 171-184 Kamalapuram Ind. Sub-Taluk 185-196 Jammalamadugu Taluk 197-220 Proddatur Taiuk 221-243 Badvel Taluk 245-265 Sidhout Taluk 267-276 Rajampet Taluk 277-296 III IV MAPS CUDDAPAH DISTRICT Fron tispiece Cuddapah Taluk Facing Page 13 Rayachoti Taluk 21 " Pulivendla Taluk 29 Kamalapuram Ind. Sub-Taluk " " 37 Jammalamadugu Taluk 43 " Proddatur Taluk 53 " Badvel Taluk 61 " Sidhout Taluk 71 " Rajampet Taluk 77 " Cuddapah District-Talukwise Density of Population 101 " FIGURES AT A GLANCE COMPARATIVE FIGURES OF THE STATE AND THE DISTRICT Andbra Pradesh Cuddapab State District POPULATION TOTAL Persons 43,502,708 1,577,267 Males 22,008,663 805,516 Females 21,494,045 771,751 RURAL Persons 35,100,181 1,353,624 Males 17,698,247 690,475 Females 17,401,934 663,149 URBAN Persons 8,402,527 223,643 Males 4,310,416 115,041 Females 4,092,111 108,602 DECENNIAL POPULATION 20.9 17.5 GROWTH RATE 1961-71 GEOGRAPHICAL AREA (Sq. Kms.) %76,754.0 15,356.0 DENSITY OF POPULATION PER SQ. Km. 157 103 SEX RATIO (Number of Females per 1,000 977 958 Males) PERCENTAGE OF LITERACY Persons 24.6 24.7 Males 33.2 36.2 Females 15.8 12.7 PERCENTAGE OF URBAN POPULATION 19.3 14.2 TO TOTAL POPULATION PERCENTAGE OF WORKERS TO TOTAL Persons 41.4 40.1 POPULATION (Main Activity only)