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'''Vetapalem''' is a [[census town]] in [[Bapatla district]] of the [[ | '''Vetapalem''' is a [[census town]] in [[Bapatla district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Name of Urban Agglomeration and its State constituent Units-2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2-vol2/data_files/AP/Chapter_I.pdf|website=Census of India|access-date=9 July 2017|page=23|format=PDF}}</ref> It is the mandal headquarters of Vetapalem mandal in [[Chirala revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Prakasam District Mandals |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf|publisher=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2015|pages=142,175|format=PDF}}</ref> | ||
==History== | |||
As per Gazettee No. 939, dated the 26 January 2022, the old Guntur district, formed in 1904, was split into [[Guntur district]], [[Palnadu district]] and [[Bapatla district]]. 12 madals from [[Tenali revenue division]] and 13 mandals from [[Prakasam district]] was merged into the newly formed Bapatla district. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://bapatla.ap.gov.in/history/ | title= Bapatla District | work= About District > History |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 23 August 2023}}</ref> | |||
== Demographics == | == Demographics == | ||
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== Government and politics == | == Government and politics == | ||
Vetapalem [[gram panchayat]] is the [[Local | Vetapalem [[gram panchayat]] is the [[Local government in India|local self-government]] of the town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2003/07/28/stories/2003072803240500.htm|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=Kunderu drain cries for attention|date=2003-07-28|access-date=2016-04-10}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The elected members of the gram panchayat are headed by a [[sarpanch]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aDoppmCmeqUC|title=Citizen Participation in Rural Development|last=Seetharam|first=Mukkavilli|date=1990-01-01|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=9788170992271|language=en}}</ref> | ||
== Education == | == Education == | ||
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