Meliaputti

Meliaputti మెళియాపుట్టి
—  village and mandal  —
Meliaputti Location of Meliaputti in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	18°46′00″N 84°10′00″E / 18.7667°N 84.1667°E / 18.7667; 84.1667Coordinates: 18°46′00″N 84°10′00″E / 18.7667°N 84.1667°E / 18.7667; 84.1667
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Srikakulam
Subdistrict(s)	Meliaputti
Parliamentary constituency	Srikakulam
Assembly constituency	Pathapatnam
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 532 215

Meliaputti or Meliyaputti (Telugu: మెళియాపుట్టి) is a village and a Mandal in Srikakulam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.^[1]

Meliaputti mandal is bordered by Palasa, Nandigam, Tekkali and Pathapatnam mandals of Srikakulam district and Orissa state on the North.

Geography

Meliyaputtu is located at 18°46′00″N 84°10′00″E / 18.7667°N 84.1667°E / 18.7667; 84.1667.^[2] It has an average elevation of 74 meters (246 feet).

River Mahendra tanaya flows besides the village.

Demographics

According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Meliaputti mandal is as follows:^[3]

• Total Population: 50,490 in 11,532 Households
• Male Population: 24,947 and Female Population: 25,543
• Children Under 6-years of age: 7,044 (Boys - 3,560 and Girls - 3,484)
• Total Literates: 22,766

Institutions

• There is an ancient Sri Venugopala Swamy temple.
• Zilla Parishad High School
• S. D. Rajanna Reddy Memorial Government Junior Collge
• Sahiti Sri Degree College
• There is a post office in Meliaputti.
• 24hrs. Power supply is the Mandal Head-quarter Meliaputti, as

 there   is one 11 KV Electrical Sub-Station at Meliaputti. 

• The Telephone Exchange existed with Broadband facility for the

 purpose of Online. BSNL, RELIANCE, AIRTEL Cell towers are also 
 existed locally. 

• Police Station / Armed Force is at the Mandal Head-quarters for

 Security and other purposes. 

• The village Meliaputti lies in the Sub-Plan area. It is a 2nd

 biggest in Tribal population.

• Every Thursday is the sandy day at Meliaputti and there is about

 20,000 people will be floating on that day for their marketing needs.

• Meliaputti (V) is located on a 4-Road junction and about 300

 vehicles runs daily.

• The nearest Railway Station is PALASA and the National Highway-5 is

 at TEKKALI (20 Km) from Meliaputti village.

Revenue Villages and Panchayats

There are 31 panchayats in Meliaputti mandal.^[4]

• Banapuram (village and panchayat)
• Bharanikota (village and panchayat)
• Chapara (village and panchayat)
• Chipurupalle (village and panchayat)
• Deenabandhupuram (village and panchayat)
• Gangarajapuram (village and panchayat)
• Gokarnapuram (village and panchayat)
• Goppili (village and panchayat)
• Jadupalli (village and panchayat)
• Joduru (village and panchayat)
• Karajada (village and panchayat)
• Kerasingi (village and panchayat)
• Kosamala (village and panchayat)
• Maredukota (village and panchayat)
• Marripadu (C) (village and panchayat)
• Marripadu (K) (village and panchayat)
• Meliaputti (village and panchayat)
• Muktapuram (village and panchayat)
• Nadasandara (village and panchayat)
• P.L.Puram (village and panchayat)
• Padda (village and panchayat)
• Parasurampuram (village and panchayat)
• Pattupuram (village and panchayat)
• Peda Padmapuram (village and panchayat)
• Rattini (village and panchayat)
• S.L.Puram (village and panchayat)
• Sekharapuram (village and panchayat)
• Siriakandi (village and panchayat)
• Sundarada (village and panchayat)
• Vasundhara (village and panchayat)
• Venkatapuram (village and panchayat)

References

1. ^ "Mandals in Srikakulam district". Panchayat Informatics Division. http://panchayat.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumR.asp?selstate=0201000000&ptype=B&button1=Submit. Retrieved 2007-03-05. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Falling Rain Genomics.Meliyaputtu
3. ^ Meliaputti mandal at Our Village India.org
4. ^ Details of Andhra Pradesh till Village Panchayat Tier