Appikatla is a village in
Bapatla district
Bapatla district is a district in coastal Andhra in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) established on 4 April 2022. The administrative headquarters are in Bapatla. The district is formed from parts of the erstwhile Prakasam district and G ...
of the
Indian state
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of
Andhra Pradesh
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. It is located in
Bapatla mandal
Bapatla mandal is one of the 25 mandals in Bapatla district of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is under the administration of Bapatla revenue division and the headquarters are located at Bapatla. The mandal is bounded by Kakumanu, Po ...
of
Tenali revenue division
Tenali revenue division is an administrative division in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises 8 mandals and is one of the two revenue divisions in the district, along with Guntur
Guntur (), natively spelt ...
.
Geography
Appikatla is situated to the northwest of the mandal headquarters,
Bapatla
Bapatla is a town and district headquarters of Bapatla district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the mandal headquarters of Bapatla mandal of Bapatla revenue division. The nearest towns and cities to Bapatla are ...
,
at . It is spread over an area of .
Governance
Appikatla
Gram Panchayat is the
local self-government
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Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political or administrative unit, such a ...
of the village.
There are 10 wards, each represented by an elected ward member. The present
sarpanch
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is ''vacant'', elected by the ward members. The village is administered by the ''Bapatla Mandal Parishad'' at the
intermediate level of
panchayat raj institutions.
Education
As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has a total of 5 schools. These include one
Government School
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, 2
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Mandal Parishad
Panchayat samiti or block panchayat is a rural local government ( panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) or block level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has b ...
and 2 private schools.
Transport
Appikatla railway station, a ''Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6)'' station in the
Vijayawada railway division
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History
It was formed as one of the eig ...
of the
South Coast Railway zone
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The formal notification for operationalization of this zone is yet to be issued.
History
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, provides rail connectivity to the village.
See also
*
List of villages in Guntur district
census of India, the following villages are recognized in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. This list is organized alphabetically by mandal. Settlements not counted in the 2011 census are not included.
A
B
C
D
E
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References
Villages in Guntur district
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