Kankipadu is a Suburb of

Vijayawada Vijayawada ( ), formerly known by its colonial name Bezawada, is the second largest city and a major commercial hub in the Andhra Pradesh state of India. The city forms an integral part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is situated on th ...

Krishna District Krishna district is a district in the Coastal Andhra region in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Machilipatnam as its administrative headquarters. It is surrounded on the East by Bay of Bengal, West by Guntur district, Guntur, Bapatla distric ...

of the

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. It is also the

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...

headquarters of

Kankipadu mandal Kankipadu mandal is one of the 25 mandals in the Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast o ...

in Vuyyuru revenue division.

Geography

It is located 55 km towards west from district headquarters

Machilipatnam Machilipatnam (), also known as Masulipatnam and Bandar (), is a city in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Krishna district. It is also the Tehsil, mandal ...

. Kankipadu is located at . It has an average elevation of 6 metres (22 feet). Kankipadu is Eastern Parts of Vijayawada .

Demographics

According to

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, 2001, the demographic details of Kankipadu mandal is as follows: * Total Population: 63,243 in 16,074 Households. * Male Population: 31,676 and Female Population: 31,567 * Children Under 6-years: 7,166 (Boys - 3,635 and Girls - 3,531) * Total Literates: 39,781

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.

Transport

Kankipadu is one of the major locality of

Vijaywada Vijayawada ( ), formerly known by its colonial name Bezawada, is the second largest city and a major commercial hub in the Andhra Pradesh state of India. The city forms an integral part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is situated on th ...

.APSRTC servers City buses from different parts city to Kankipadu.The Nearest railway station to kankipadu are Uppaluru railway station about 7 km and nearest airport is Vijayawada international airport located in gannavaram is about 14 km

Notable Persons

*Padma Bhushan K L Rao (

Kanuri Lakshmana Rao Kanuru Lakshmana Rao (15 July 1902 – 18 May 1986) was an Indian Civil engineer and a Padma Bhushan awardee who served as the Union Minister of Irrigation & Power and Member of Parliament for Vijayawada from 1962 to 1977. Personal li ...

- Famous Civil Engineer and MP 962-67 *Padma Sri

Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hindi cinema, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada and Ma ...

- Film Actor and MLA 999-2004 *Annapurna - Film Actress *Girija 938-95- Film Actress

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