Rapur

Rapur
Village
Rapur Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 14°12′05″N 79°32′06″E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Nellore
Mandal	[Rapur[ mandal]]
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	44,424
Language
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	524408
Vehicle registration	AP

Rapur is a town in the Rapur mandal in the SPSR Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Rapur is a panchayats located in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, India and soon going to become as a municipality by 2020 as state government approved for it.

Rapur became famous nationwide recently as it possess longest electrified railway tunnel line in India which is of 6.6 km long. It was opened by vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu on Aug 21, 2019. This line lies between krishnapatnam port and cheropali, currently serving only for goods and soon passenger services will be available. Rapur will become Railway Junction with 4 routes by 2022 when other line of Nadikudi to Srikalahastri project completes.

Kandaleru dam, the longest earth dam is also in Rapur mandal. The dam is a part of Telugu Ganga project which is a key water source channel for Chennai. Fishes of a kind from this dam are being exported to Kerala, Chennai in available seasons

The surroundings forest and land have rich mica resources.

History

Nellore district formed part of the composite Madras State till 1 October 1953. On 1 November 1956 when the states were reorganized on a linguistic basis, this district came under the Andhra Pradesh State.

In 1970 Prakasam district was formed from parts of Guntur, Kurnool, and Nellore districts.

Tirupati District formed from a part of old Chittoor district and a part from old Nellore district on 4 April 2022.

The name of Nellore district has been changed as Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District on 4 June 2008.

Geography

Rapur is located at 14.2000°N 79.5167°E. It has an average elevation of 90 meters (298 feet). Rapur comes under Nellore district and has a border with Kadapa district. Rapur town is surrounded by very big hills named veligonda which makes it a sightseeing place especially in winter and rainy seasons. Agriculture plays a vital role and rice as a major crop.

Amaravati is the state capital located 351 kilometers from Rapur. Other state's capitals which are near to Rapur are Chennai at a distance of 148.2 km, Bangalore 252.2 km, Pondicherry 253.7 km.

The surrounding nearby villages and its distance from Rapur are Pangili 3.0 km, Nellepalle 5.0 km, Yepuru 6.0 km, Thumaya 7.7 km, Gilakapadu 8.8 km, Gundavolu 8.8 km, Jorepalle 9.6 km, J.A Puram 14.5 km, Akilavalasa 11.7 km, Sanayapalem 14.6 km, Khambhalapalle 16.5 km, Gonupalli 17.0 km, M.v.puram, .

Demographics

Total population of Rapur Mandal is 44,424 living in 10,367 Houses, Spread across total 58 villages and 21 panchayats . Males are 22,306 and Females are 22,118.

Temparature

The maximum temperature is 36-46c during summer and the minimum temperature is 23-25c during winter. The rainfall ranges from 700–1000 mm through South West and North East Monsoons

Connectivity Details

Rapur have an APSRTC Bus stand and depot, recently got railway station too which is near from maddelamadu center. Tirupathi Airport is the nearest one which is at a distance 73 km.

Tourist Places

Kandaleru Dam at a distance of 18.7 Sivakona Waterfalls at a distance of 11.4 km Penchalakona Waterfalls at a distance of 27 km Penchalakona Temple distance of 26.7 km Sight seeing of Attractive Hills and Reserved forest Area which starts just 1.4 km away from town

Pilgrimages

Rapur has surrounded by many holiest places and pilgrimages like Penchalakona, Tirumala, Sri Kalahastri. Penchalakona is very famous for Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swami temple.

Language

The languages spoken in Rapur are Telugu, Urdu, English. People live very close to each other irrespective of religion, so almost everyone can understand and speak Urdu here though Telugu is official state language here.

Colleges

Animal Husbandry Polytechnic Rapur was established during September 2007, under the esteemed Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University at Bojjanapalle, Rapur mandal, Nellore district. This college has an administrative building, separate classrooms for first and second years, laboratory, museum, library, staff quarters, playground in addition to separate boys and girls hostel in an area of 29.56 acres. Newly constructed farms are available separately for cattle, sheep, goats and poultry for demonstration of farm activities to students. The first six batches of students were admitted at Rapur during 2007 – 2014 and the college was shifted from Rapur to a 30-acre nearby land during April, 2014. The first principal of the college was Dr. K. Sarjan Rao and the present principal of the college is Dr. P. Venkateswara Rao.

Politics

Rapur (Assembly constituency)|Rapur was an assembly constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India until 2008. Right now after delimitation is in Venkatagiri Assembly constituency of Andhra Pradesh. 166,411 voters were registered in the Rapur constituency during the 1999 elections.

Elected Members:

• 1972 - Nuvvula Venkataratnam Naidu, Indian National Congress
• 1978 - Nuvvula Venkataratnam Naidu Indian National Congress
• 1983 - Malireddy Adinarayana Reddy, Telugu Desam Party
• 1985 - Anam Ramnarayana Reddy, Telugu Desam Party
• 1989 - Nuvvula Venkataratnam Naidu - Indian National Congress
• 1994 - Y. Sreenivasulu Reddy, Telugu Desam Party]
• 1999 - Anam Ramnarayana Reddy- Indian National Congress
• 2004 - Anam Ramnarayana Reddy- Indian National Congress

In 2009 Mr.Ramakrishna.K has elected as a M.L.A for venkatagiri assembly constitution. This Assembly Constituency are Marge at Venkatagiri Assembly Constituency from 2009 in General Election