Naidupet

Naydupeta
—  mandal  —
Naydupeta Location of Naydupeta in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	13°54′00″N 79°54′00″E / 13.9000°N 79.9000°E / 13.9000; 79.9000Coordinates: 13°54′00″N 79°54′00″E / 13.9000°N 79.9000°E / 13.9000; 79.9000
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	SPS Nellore
Population	45,000 (2009[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 31 metres (102 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 524126 • Telephone • +08623 • Vehicle • AP26

Naidupet or Naidupeta or Nayudupeta or Naydupet(Telugu: నాయుడుపేట) is a town and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.^[1][2]

National Highway 5 (India) passes through Naidupeta.

Geography

The eastern wing of Golden Quadrilateral National Highway (NH5) passes through the outskirts of the town. It is located on the banks of the Swarnamukhi river. This place is junction to Chennai, Venkatagiri, Nellore, Mallam and Tirupathi. From here, Chennai is about 106 km by road 66 km to Tirupathi, 35 km from Venkatagiri, 68 km from Nellore. People can get down at Naidupet railway station and from there lot of buses to Tirupathi.

Telugu is the most common language that is spoken in Naidupet. Besides Telugu the other prominent languages that are spoken in the region are Urdu and Tamil.

State Bank of India located in the Naidupeta town provides the agriculture services to the areas in and around Naidupeta, villages like Vinnamala, Menakuru, Koneti Raju Palem, Kanur Raju Palem, Bheemavaram, Ellasiri, Ekasiri, Aravaperimidi, Puderu,Pudur, Mallam, Molakalpudi, Eswaravaka, etc. Recently the branch started providing the online facilities to the 14000 customer base including ATM services.

Andhra Bank located in the Naidupeta town provides the agriculture services to the areas in and around Naidupeta , villages like Vinnamala, Menakuru, Koneti Raju Palem, Kanur Raju Palem, Bheemavaram, Ellasiri, Ekasiri, Aravaperimidi, Puderu,Pudur, Mallam, Molakalpudi, Eswaravaka, etc. The Andhra bank, State Bank of India, State Bank of Hyderabad, Syndicate bank, ICICI bank provide ATM service to the people.

The streets includes in Naidupet are Agraharapeta, Rajagopalapuram, Pedda Darga, Chinna Darga, Pitchireddy Thopu, Garidi Veedhi, Beripeta, Bazar Veedi, Beedi Colony,Sri Ram Nagar, Lothuvaani Gunta etc.

Syndicate bank and Andhra Pragathi bank are also available for serving the people.

ICICI bank came in 2008 with ATM facilities and competing with other banks (Canara Bank, Pinakini Bank).

Major crops aresugar cane, paddy, eucalyptus and Casurina plantations. Scampi and prawn culture are also major aqua food activities in and around Naidupet.

A beautiful river named Swarnamukhi passes through this place.
Sankranthi[Pongal] festival is most famous here. After Sankranthi day, people will go to Banks of Swarnamukhi river and they celebrate kite festival, popularly known as Yeti pandaga. The Celebrations will be continued till 3 days starting from the Sankranthi Day.

Urusu is also a famous festival in Naidupet, people from all around Nellore district will visit this place. People from all religions celebrate this festival which stands for "Unity in Diversity" of Indian Culture.

Nearby Attractions include:

Nelapattu -> Natural Birds Sanctuary, 12 km away towards Chennai. Birds will come from all over the world, beautiful place for bird lovers
Toopulapalem -> Natural sand beach, 24 km away towards Mallam
Sriharikota -> Satellite lanching centre, 40 km away
Srikalahasti -> Famous piligrim center, 28 km away
Kapuluru Kandriga -> It is lies between Kapuluru and Kalipedu.There are around 130 houses.Totally about 270 voters,350 members.
KAPULUR -> In this village having 250 houses with nearly 2500 members, here the fields are the Rice, Sugarcane and Ground nut. It is located from ESCL(Sugar factory) to east for 5 kilometers.
Rosanuru Rajupalem - Bhupateswara alayam on the hill is well known here. It is 14 km by bus. Main crops are paddy, lemon and groundnuts.

Industries

Ayyappa ReddyPalem -> ESCL(M.Purushoththam Sugars & Chemicals Limited) Sugar Factory is located around 100 acres (0.40 km²).
Koneti Raju Palem -> Multi Product SEZ by APIIC with loving memory of Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy, 10 km away form Naidupeta.
Kanur Raju Palem -> Vicky Industries Pvt Ltd Recently launched iron ore company,5 km away from Naidupeta.

Education

There are many schools and colleges in this town.
Primay to 10th
1. ZPP High school(EM & TM)
2. ALCM High school(TM)
3. Navodaya High school (EM,TM from 6 to 10)
4. Vema High school(EM, TM from 6 to 10)
5. Krishna Chaitanya High school
6. Vishwa Barathi EM High school
7. Ravindra Barathi school(Jack and Jill EM High school Campus)
8. Vision EM High school
9. Vidvakandhra EM school
10.Visvam EM & TM High school
11.St.Marys EM High school

+2 or Junior Colleges
1. Govt. Junior college
2. Srivema Jr. college
3. Visvam Jr.college

Degree Colleges
1. Govt. Degree college
2. C V Raman Degree college
3. Srivema Degree college

Apart from Schools and Colleges there are many engineering colleges around Naidupeta.

References

1. ^ "List of Sub-Districts". Census of India. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/. Retrieved 2007-03-26. 
2. ^ "Details of ANDHRA PRADESH till Intermediate Panchayat Tier". Ministry of Panchayati Raj. http://panchayat.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumR.asp?selstate=0209000000&ptype=B&button1=Submit. Retrieved 2007-03-26. ^{[dead link]}