information about kanchikacherla village and mandalam

Kanchikacherla

Kanchikacherla
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Kanchikacherla Location of Kanchikacherla in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	16.4125°N 80.232334°E
Country	India
Region	Coastal Andhra
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Krishna
Member of Legislative Assembly	Tangirala Prabhakararao
Member of Parliament	Lagadapati. Raja Gopal
Parliamentary constituency	Vijayawada
Assembly constituency	Nandigama
Planning Agency	Kanchikacherla Panchayathi
Population	35,817 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 45 m (148 ft)
Climate • Precipitation Temperature • Summer • Winter	Tropical climate (Köppen) •      1,050 mm (41.3 in) •      27 °C (81 °F) •      43.3 °C (110 °F) •      24 °C (75 °F)
Codes • Pincode • 521185 • Telephone • +8678 • Vehicle • AP16

Kanchikacherla is a small town in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is about 35 km from the city of Vijayawada on National Highway 9.

Villages in Kanchikacherla Mandal

The following is the list of villages in this Mandal. 

1.      Bathinapadu

2.      Chevitikallu

3.      Gandepalli

4.      Ganiatukuru

5.      Gottumukkala

6.      Kanchikacherla

7.      Keesara

8.      Kunikinapadu

9.      Moguluru

10.  Munnaluru

11.  Paritala

12.  Pendyala

13.  Perakalapadu

14.  Saidapuram

15.  Seri amaravaram

16.  Vemulapalle

17.  Kothapeta  

    

transpotation

           

          The  town has an APSRTC bus station, with many buses connecting to the nearby villages and towns. Bus is the major means of transportation for the people to move to other towns and villages. Buses are being replaced by autos. Due to drastic increase in number of autos providing transportation services to nearby villages, APSRTC Cut down its bus services. For internal transport, people use bicycles mostly. These days, scooters, motorcycles are a common sight and are rapidly replacing the bicycle.

                                        The town's development is attributed largely to its location on the highway and has a linear settlement pattern. Other towns in the vicinity of Kanchikacherla areNandigama, Ibrahimpatnam and the city Vijayawada.

Economy

                          The region around the town has fertile soil and irrigation is natural rain dependent and sometimes supported by the canals of river Krishna. Major crops include Tobacco,Cotton. Kanchikacherla is famous for Lorry Suppliers for road transportation of goods. The main shopping malls are situated alongside of the National Highway 9, and a few on the Jujjur main road.The town has many wholesale and retail businesses. They include garments, pulses, cereals, and other edible products, fancy markets, fertilizers, pharmacy, metal and so on.

Education

                     Kanchikacherla has several schools and Junior colleges.ZPP High School is the famous government telugu

 medium school, Gowthami Public school and Vijayarani convent are the famous English Medium Schools in this town

 Recently started a PG college with three branches.There are three Engineering colleges in Kanchikacherla mandal

Health

Kanchikacherla has a government hospital (Primary heath care) and few of the private hospitals catering the health needs

of town and other nearby villages

Politics

Kanchikacherla is politically active town. People are politically active and support political parties with due dilegence. TDP and Congress(I) parties have strong hold on various communities of the town.