Nekunam Puram

Nekunam Puram
—  village  —
Nekunam Puram Location of Nekunam Puram in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	15°13′36″N 79°55′36″E / 15.2266667°N 79.92666°E / 15.2266667; 79.92666Coordinates: 15°13′36″N 79°55′36″E / 15.2266667°N 79.92666°E / 15.2266667; 79.92666
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Prakasam
Population	1,584 (2001[update])
Sex ratio	55:45 ♂/♀
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 632 metres (2,073 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 523113 • Telephone • +08599

Nekunam Puram is a village and is part of valetivari Palem mandal and Kandukur taaluk in Prakasam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Language

Most people speak Telugu which is the mostly spoken in state of Andhra Pradesh.

Geography

Nekunam Puram is located between Kandukur and Valetivari Palem. 10 KM from Kandukur on Pamur Road.

Demographics

Nekunam Puram had a population of approximately 1,584. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Nekunam Puram has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 55%. In Nekunam Puram, 90% of the children's go to English Medium school.

Occupation

50% of the people in Nekunam Puram rely on Tobacco harvest. 30% of folks rely on Rice harvest which is mainly depending on rain. Recent days 20% of the folks leaving village and going to nearby towns, some are working in capital cities and 5 families settled as NRIs.

The surname of the most of the folks is Kolluri or Kancharla. Recently, all the parents are willing to send their children's to the nearest EnglishMedium schools rather than send to the Govt school in the village. The number of engineering graduates is increasing gradually year to year. In the recent days, some of the young men/women's are settled as Software Engineers in India.

Occupation of the most of the folks is Farmers. The village deosn't have the proper water resources to cultivate the crops like paddy. There is one lift irrigation, but the folks don't use the resource properly as lack of unity among the villagers. Because of the low rain fall for couple of years, most of the folks are concentrating on the crops like tobacco, chillies and cereals.

Recently the Young employees of the village took intiation to repair the lift irrigation pipeline which costs around 1.5Lakh. The working youth village members across the world contributed towards this. It is good to see such a tremendous response which never expected.