Kattamuru is a major panchayath village in Peddapuram Mandal

Peddapuram Mandal

Peddapuram Mandal is one of the Mandal in the East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. Its capital is Peddapuram.-Demographics:As of 2001 India census the population of Peddapuram Mandal is 1,18,045 in which Males are 59,139 and Females are 58,906...

 of East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

 in South India.

Geography

Kattamuru is located at 17.08° N 82.13° E. It has an average elevation of 35 metres (114 feet).

Features

Kattamuru is prominent for its historical and cultural heritage. Kattamuru is about 4 km from Peddapuram

Peddapuram

Peddapuram is an important Municipal town in the East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh in South India. It is also capital town for Peddapuram Mandal.- Geography :Peddapuram is located at . It has an average elevation of 35 metres ....

 Town. It is surrounded by Villages J. Thimmapuram

J. Thimmapuram

J. Thimmapuram is a village in Peddapuram Mandal in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh...

, Sirivada

Sirivada

Sirivada is a village in Peddapuram Mandal in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh...

, Kandrakota

Kandrakota

Kandrakota is a village in Peddapuram Mandal in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, India.It is six miles north of Peddapuram town. There is a JATARA held annually for the village goddess Nukalamma, which lasts for a month and ends with the last new-moon day before the Telugu New Year's Day...

 and Town Peddapuram

Peddapuram

Peddapuram is an important Municipal town in the East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh in South India. It is also capital town for Peddapuram Mandal.- Geography :Peddapuram is located at . It has an average elevation of 35 metres ....

. Most people in this village depend for their livelihood on agriculture.The major economic crops in this area are rice

Rice

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

, sugarcane

Sugarcane

Sugarcane refers to any of six to 37 species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall...

 and Tapioca

Tapioca

Tapioca is a starch extracted Manihot esculenta. This species, native to the Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and most of the West Indies, is now cultivated worldwide and has many names, including cassava, manioc, aipim,...

. The main source of water for irrigation is Eleru Canal. This village has ponds like Rayana Cheruvu, Kitta Cheruvu, Manchineeti Cheruvu, Bapana Cheruvu and Gangi Raavi Cheruvu.

Kattamuru is very famous village and it was mentioned in Rajasekhara Charitamu, The first Telugu novel (Prose) written by the first novelist in Telugu Shri Kandukuri Veeresalingam

Kandukuri Veeresalingam

Rao Bahadur Kandukuri Veeresalingam , also known as Kandukuri Veeresalingham Pantulu , was a social reformer of Andhra Pradesh. He was born in an orthodox Niyogi Telugu Brahmin family...

 inspired by Oliver Goldsmith’s The Vicar of Wakefied.

Kattamuru has a one ZP High School and Two Elementary Schools.
Though this village is big enough, there are no hospitals or bus facilities in this village. Kattamuru is full of greenery.

Etymology & History

The original name of Kattamuru is Katnam Ooru. Katnam means Gift and Ooru means Village.

The Maharaja of the Vatsavayi Dynasty  of Padmapuram Samsthanam (Now called as Peddapuram

Peddapuram

Peddapuram is an important Municipal town in the East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh in South India. It is also capital town for Peddapuram Mandal.- Geography :Peddapuram is located at . It has an average elevation of 35 metres ....

) gifted this village to Lord Pattabhi Rama as a dowry.

The temple Jodu Gullu (Jodu means double and Gullu is plural form of Gudi i.e. Temples) of Pattabhi Rama and Keshava

Keshava

Keshava is a name of Krishna from within Hindu tradition.The name appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama.Lord Keshava is venerated by those persons wanting to avert bad luck, or ill omens...

 Swamy is a famous and wealthy temple in East Godavari Dist. In one shrine abodes Lord Rama

Rama

Rama or full name Ramachandra is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian...

 with Sita Devi

Sita Devi

Sita is the wife of Rama, the seventh Avatar of Vishnu in the Hindu tradition. Sita is one of the principal characters in the Ramayana, a Hindu epic named after her husband Rama....

, Laxmana and Hanuman

Hanuman

Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...

 and in the another shrine abodes Keshava

Keshava

Keshava is a name of Krishna from within Hindu tradition.The name appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama.Lord Keshava is venerated by those persons wanting to avert bad luck, or ill omens...

 Swamy with Shreedevi, the goddess of Fortune and Bhoodevi, the earth-goddess.

On the day of Bheesma Ekadasi a Jatara (Carnival) is held annually.

Temples

The village deity of Kattamuru is Poleramma Thalli and a temple of Poleramma Thalli is on the southern end of this village.

There are temples of Lord Shiva

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

, Lord Ganapathi, Lord Hanuman

Hanuman

Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...

, Saint Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi

Sai Baba of Shirdi

Sai Baba of Shirdi , also known as Shirdi Sai Baba , was an Indian guru, yogi, and fakir who is regarded by his Hindu and Muslim devotees as a saint....

, Saint Sri Pothulooru Veera Brahmendra Swamy (India’s Nostradamus

Nostradamus

Michel de Nostredame , usually Latinised to Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous worldwide. He is best known for his book Les Propheties , the first edition of which appeared in 1555...

)and deity Kanaka Durga are very famous temples in this village.

Demographics

Population Data of Kattamuru Village as per 2001 Census:
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Population_Finder/Population_Finder.aspx?Name=KATTAMURU&Criteria=V

	Total
Households :	2350
Total Population :	9054
Male Population :	4587
Female Population :	4467
Kids Under 6 Yrs :	1236
Boys Under 6 Yrs :	0657
Girls Under 6 Yrs :	0579
Total Literates :	4372
Total Illiterates :	4782