Vetapalem

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native_name = Vetapalem | type = city | latd = 15.78 | longd = 80.32
locator_position = right | state_name = Andhra Pradesh
district = Prakasam
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altitude = 6
population_as_of = 2001
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Vetapalem is a census town in Prakasam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Geography

Vetapalem is located at coord|15.78|N|80.32|E| [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/2/Vetapalem.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Vetapalem] ] . It has an average elevation of 6 metres (19 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Vetapalem had a population of 37,037. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Vetapalem has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 50%. In Vetapalem, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

About Vetapalem

Vetapalem is in Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh in India on Tenali-Madras railway line, close to the eastern sea coast. A few trains stop in Vetapalem. It takes half an hour to reach Vetapalem by a city bus from Chirala.

Vetapalem is otherwise called as Mrugayapuri in the ancient days.

Interesting thing about this library is that since its founding in the pre-independence era in 1918, it has remained a private, family-maintained library. A rare institution of its kind in Andhra Pradesh and perhaps in India.

It is one of the foremost research oriented libraries of Andhra Pradesh. This library founded by Late V.V.Shreshti in 1918 had the rare privilege and good fortune of its foundation stone being laid by The Father of the Nation MAHATMA GANDHI in 1929. In 1935, Babu Rajendra Prasad visited the Library and blessed it. The buildings were opened by Seth Jamnalal Bajaj and Shri Tanguturi Prakasam. It has been the fountain of inspiration to the youth during the freedom struggle. Successive Chief Ministers and great scholars visited the library and paid encomia.

Vetapalem is good town for the people to survive with handy craft work with peacefull life. It has lot of small industries like cashewnets and cloth marchents. It comes under the costel areawhich is very near to Bay of Bangal, distance is like 4 km whiCh means that it has a nice beach. It has lot of villages around. From around the villages people used to comute to this place to buy Groceries and some house needs, because this the center town of all around villages. There are also a few cashew industries here.

Latitude 15.7833 Longitude 80.3167 Altitude (feet) 19 Lat (DMS) 15° 46' 60N Long (DMS) 80° 19' 0E Altitude (meters)

Time zone (est) UTC+5:30 Approximate population for 7 km radius from this point: 27320

Nearby Cities and Towns West North East South - Inkollu (7.4 nm),Kadavakuduru (4.9 nm),Karanchedu (6.0 nm),Chirala (2.8 nm) ,Vadarevu (5.9 nm) ,Chinna Ganjam (6.3 nm) .

Nearby airports:Code IATA Name City Distance Bearing Airlines VOBZ VGA VIJAYAWADA 52 nm N 31 Unlikely VONS NAGARJUNA SAGAR 73 nm W 308

RAIL ROAD STATION DETAILS : VETAPALEM -

TRAIN NO TRAIN NAME Frequency Arrival Time Departure Time :7479 HOWRAH - TIRUPATI EXP DAILY 09.57 ,7480 TIRUPATI - HOWRAH EXP DAILY 15.50 ,7243 CIRCARS EXP DAILY 23.13 ,7244 CIRCARS EXP DAILY 23.24 ,7405 KRISHNA EXP DAILY 10.49 ,7406 KRISHNA EXP DAILY 15.07 ,474 KAKINADA - TIRUPATI PASS 18.12 ,477 GUDUR - VIJAYAWADA PASS 10.21 ,478 VIJAYAWADA - BITRAGUNTA PASS 17.31 ,473 TIRUPATI - KAKINADA PASS DAILY 08.33 ,441 ONGOLE - VIJAYAWADA PASS 06.22 ,442 VIJAYAWADA - ONGOLE PASS 20.46 ,424 VIJAYAWADA - GUDUR PASS 08.00 ,423 GUDUR - VIJAYAWADA PASS 18.35 ,163 VIJAYAWADA - ONGOLE PASS 10.22 ,156 TENALI - ONGOLE PASS 12.22 ,157 ONGOLE - TENALI PASS 13.39 ,160 ONGOLE - VIJAYAWADA PASS 15.25.

References

One of the famous advocate hails from this mandal Sri RamaChandraMurty Yadav practicing at High Court of A.P. and he belongs to the Agricultural family and strived best to come lime light and achieved his goal.

External links

* [http://www.saraswataniketanam.org Saraswata Niketanam(Official Site), Vetapalem]

* [http://www.telupu.com/vetapalem.html Saraswata Niketanam, Vetapalem]

* [http://www.ongoleinfo.com/jrcolleges.php Junior Colleges in Prakasam]

* [http://educationandhra.com/degreecollegesnagarjuna.htm Degree Colleges in A.P.]

* [http://www.snehadiagnostics.com Sneha Diagnostics ]