Gandipalem
| Gandipalem | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Gandipalem  Gandipalem Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 14°59′N 79°17′E / 14.983°N 79.283°ECoordinates: 14°59′N 79°17′E / 14.983°N 79.283°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Nellore District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.14 km2 (3.92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,481 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 524236 |
| Telephone code | 08620 |
Gandipalem is a small village in Nellore District in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Geography
It is located around 110 km from Nellore, 100 km from Kavali and 15 km from Udayagiri. The total area of the village is 1014 hectares.
Demography and culture
The Gandipalem village has population of 3481 with total 865 families of which 1800 are males while 1681 are females as per Census 2011. The average Sex Ratio is 934. The Child Sex Ratio is 980. The Male literacy rate is 83.44% while female literacy rate is 56.70% and combined literacy is 70.57%.
The number of workers are 1494. The occupations of the village are farming and animal husbandry. People predominantly speak Telugu.
As per Panchyati Raaj Act, village is administrated by Sarpanch who is elected representative of village.
Gandipalem reservoir and dam
The Gandipalem reservoir (aka P.Chenchu Ramaiah Resorvior) and dam were built as the irrigation source for 17 villages located in drought areas in Udaygiri and Varikuntapadu Mandals. The irrigated area registered under the project is 10.26 km².
The dam was built across Pillaperu river, a tributary to Manneru River. It is a gravity dam constructed with stone and brick masonry walls and four gates. The length of the dam is 388 meters and height of it is 20 meters above the foundation level. The early proposal to build a dam across the stream was done in 1938 with 34 lakhs budget, but it got dropped.[1] It was approved in 1964 with 0.97 crore budget, but was only completed in 1986 with the total cost of 9.71 crores under seventh five-year plan.[2]
The main source of the reservoir is river Manneru, an east flowing medium river that joins Coramandel coast. The 130 km long river Manneru starts near Pillipalli village of Kanigiri taluk of Prakasam district. Dokkalavagu, Uppuvagu, Pillaperu and Upputeru are the main tributaries of this river.
The reservoir gathers the river water between the two hillocks with an earthen dam on other side. The catchment area of 480.46 km² and maximum water level of 147.82 meters. The live storage capacity of the reservoir is 49.45 MCM or 1.7 TMC.
Government Residential School
It is a Gurukula Patasala, where kids not only study, but also live along with their classmates and teachers. Andhra Pradesh state government patterns few high quality gurukula schools in every district. It is supervised by department of education and identified with school number 28,191,000,605.
It was inaugurated on Sept 1st, 1983 by M. Venkaiah Naidu. School started with 72 students in the public works quarters constructed for dam construction. The school got its own buildings in 1989 and strength increased to 300 students. The schools offers admission only for boys from 5th class to 10th class.
References
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Nellore 1938.
- ↑ "Gandipalem Project D01951". Retrieved 30 June 2014.
