Velagadurru, is a village in West 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...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Location

Velagadurru is small village located near Tanuku

Tanuku

Tanuku, West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It was known as Tarakapura in ancient times. The name comes from Tarakasena, who ruled over Tanuku and the adjoining regions. Dr. Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao is the current MLA...

, West Godavari District, AP, India. For map, Click.

Population

There are around 2500 people living in Velagadurru with approximately 1500-1600 voters 700+ are male and 700+ female.

Railways

The nearest rail station is Tanuku

Tanuku

Tanuku, West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It was known as Tarakapura in ancient times. The name comes from Tarakasena, who ruled over Tanuku and the adjoining regions. Dr. Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao is the current MLA...

 and the nearest railway junction is Tadepalligudem

Tadepalligudem

Tadepalligudem is a town and a municipality in Andhra Pradesh, India.It is situated in the middle of West Godavari District, nearly 50 km from the district headquarters, Eluru. It is a rapidly growing business town in the lap of nature, surrounded by beautiful fields and canals...

 which is 25 km way and well connected to all routes.

Public transportation

Currently there is no public transportation available to this village, however there are plenty of auto rickshaw

Auto rickshaw

An auto rickshaw or three-wheeler is a usually three-wheeled cabin cycle for private use and as a vehicle for hire. It is a motorized version of the traditional pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw...

s operated from Tanuku to this village. Car

Čar

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 taxi

Taxicab

A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice...

 service is also available from Tanuku.

Schools & Colleges

There is a primary school located in the village which is accessible to everybody up to 5th class. The present strength of the school is around 150 students with 5 teachers. Students need to go to Tadiparru which is a neighbor village 1 km away. Students usually go there by cycles for studying 6th to 10th class. For college, students needs to go to Tanuku.

Health care

There is primary health care center is available in the village supported by the Byrraju Foundation

Byrraju foundation

Byrraju Foundation was set up in July 2001 in the memory of the Late Byrraju Satyanarayana Raju, the founder of the Satyam group of companies. He was a philanthropist who believed in the development of villages and worked towards upliftment of rural lives....

. The health care center is open daily from morning to evening with health assistant. Physician visit the hospital daily in the afternoon.

Water

This village has good water resources which you can directly drink from wells and hand pumps. Most of the people drink water directly from bore well. Nowadays people started using purified water supplied by Byrraju Foundation which is very economical. There is a canal passing by village and the Godavari River

Godavari River

The Godavari is a river that runs from western to southern India and is considered to be one of the big river basins in India. With a length of 1465 km, it is the second longest river in India , that runs within the country and also the longest river in South India...

 is 3 km away.

Source of Income

The village is dependent on agriculture. This village has good water resources and most of the agriculture is commercial farms growing Coconut, Banana, Sugarcane and other vegetables and small amount of paddy. Farmers do a have good amount of poultry farms here.

Other Organizations

There are other social organizations actively helping the village people such as Sri Mudunuri Venkata Satya Narayana Raju Charitable Society which is founded by Dr. Satya Narayana Raju

Rajus

The Raju are a Telugu caste inhabiting Andhra Pradesh, India.-Etymology:Raju is a Telugu variation of the Sanskrit word Raj and Raja meaning king, prince or lord...

 who was originally from this village but now settled in the USA.
Recently The Spandana foundation started helping the poor and meritorious students from this village and neighboring village Tadiparru by providing Books and Uniforms.

People Migration

People from this village have migrated to different parts of the world for both education and employment purposes. Nowadays people are getting awareness about the importance of education and every one is trying to make their children well educated.

Economical

This village has many economically forward people when compared to rest of the places. Though not all people are rich, you can find good amount of wealthy people here because of the fertile lands they have.