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{{Infobox settlement
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'''Tellapadu''' (pronounced "[[Tellabadu]]") is a village of [[Doddavaram]] [[Panchayat]]hi in [[Maddipadu]] Mandal of [[Prakasam District]] in the southern [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="Tellapadu Z.P.High School">{{cite web|url=http://projects.cgg.gov.in/dsemis/School.do?&mgtcode=1&schlcode=0828602&count=1|title=Tellapadu Z.P.High School|publisher=Centre for Good Governance, Govt. of [[Andhra Pradesh]]}}</ref>

It is a part of the [[Bapatla]] ([[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]) [[Parliament of India|parliamentary]] and [[Santhanuthalapadu (SC)(Assembly constituency)|Santhanuthalapadu]] ([[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]) [[Andhra Pradesh State Assembly|assembly]] constituency. It was previously a part of the [[Addanki]] [[Andhra Pradesh State Assembly|assembly]] constituency.

==Geography==
The approximate location of Tellapadu is {{Coord|15.662|N|79.949|E|}}. It lies to the South-South West of the reservoir of the River [[Gundlakamma]].

==Public Institutions==
Tellapadu has a Zilla Parishad High School named after Paruchuri Narasimhaiah,<ref name="Tellapadu Z.P.High School"/> and a sub-post office. The school's golden jubilee celebrations were celebrated on 21 April 2013, and was well covered by Telugu media.<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC2B10396E1BAFCB6|title=Nee Badi Pilusthondi, ABN Andhra Jyothi|access-date=2013-05-12}}</ref>

==Notable people==
Several landlords, eminent industrialists, senior public/private sector employees hail from here including:

1) (Late) Mallipeddi Venkatasubbaiah & Ramaswamy [[Chowdary]], and later the former's sons, in their prime, were the richest people/[[zamindar]]s of the village. Their residence measuring around {{convert|45000|sqft|m2}} and shed (for cattle and horses), housed several peacocks, horses, cattle etc. Such was their wealth that people used to fight to stake claim to their cattle's dung, whence they were passing through the village.<ref>{{cite book| last = Chalichema| first = Venkataramaiah| title = Guntur Jilla Kammavaaru| year = 1964| pages = 174–176}}</ref> A bust of (Late) Mallipeddi Pitchaiah was unveiled during the recent high school golden jubilee celebrations for his benevolent contribution of 6 acres of land towards the school.<ref name="youtube.com"/>

2) [[Velagapudi Ramakrishna|(Late) Velagapudi Ramakrishna]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcp.co.in|title=KCP Group|access-date=2007-05-21}}</ref>(founder KCP group, former ICS officer). Tellapadu was the birthplace of his father (original surname: Katragadda) who was then adopted by close relatives in Bellamvaripalem, near [[Repalle]] ([[Guntur district]]), [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.

3) [[Panda Punnaiah|(Late) Panda Punnaiah]] (whose mother hails from here) was chairman, Beardsell Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beardsell.co.in|title=Beardsell Limited|access-date=2007-05-21}}</ref> and also on the boards of Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbv.in|title=Nava Bharat Ventures Limited|access-date=2007-05-21}}</ref> (formerly Nava Bharat Ferro Alloys) and Prakasam Sugar Complex Ltd.

==Composition==
The village also includes a large number of migrants from the former [[Repalle]] [[Taluk]] in [[Guntur District]].
The [[caste]] composition of the main village is mainly by members of the [[Kamma (caste)|Kamma]] caste, all Pedda [[Kamma (caste)|Kammas]], a large chunk of whom have migrated to urban areas (particularly [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[Bangalore]], [[Guntur]] and [[United States|the US]]). Other castes include [[Brahmins]] and [[Vaishyas]]; professional castes like washermen, barbers, milkmen; [[dalits]] and others. The latter two-thirds have their own quarters towards the village's boundary.

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nDCH9z8knU Paruchuri Narasimhaiah ZP high school golden jubilee celebrations video Part1]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvXACNvoDuo Paruchuri Narasimhaiah ZP high school golden jubilee celebrations video Part2]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Prakasam district}}

[[Category:Villages in Prakasam district]]

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