Pachipenta is a village in
Vizianagaram district
Vizianagaram district is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with its headquarters located at Vizianagaram. The district was once the part of ancient Ka ...
of the
Indian state
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of
Andhra Pradesh
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. It is located in
Pachipenta mandal
Pachipenta mandal is one of the 34 mandals in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is administration under Parvathipuram, Andhra Pradesh, Parvathipuram revenue division and headquartered at Pachipenta. The m ...
.
History
Pachipenta gained sudden significance in the later medieval history of
Kalinga under its rulers - the
Jeypore Suryavanshis. According to historians like N. Senapati & N.K.Sahu, the zamindari of Pachipenta was founded by Vishwambhar Dev I (1672-1676) who freed Kalinga from the weakened
Golconda
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sultanate by defeating the Nawab of Chicacole (Sri Kakulam) in 1673. He granted the zamindari of Pachipenta that comprised seven villages to Tammanna Dora with the title of 'Dakshina Kavata Durga-raj' or the 'lord of the southern portal'. Viswambhar re-established the position of his kingdom and became the Maharajah of Kalinga.
The zamindar of Pachipenta in 1712 claimed independence from the kingdom of Jeypore that was breaking into different fragments under the weak rule of Balaram Dev III. The British entered the region in 1775 and captured all tiny zamindaris including Pachipenta. In 1908,
Maharaja Sir Vikram Dev III purchased the zamindari for six lakhs and the region re-immersed into the territory of Jeypore kings until 1947.
Geography
Pachipenta is located at . It has an average elevation of 219 meters (721 ft). It is bounded by
Koraput district
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of
Orissa
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state on the Northern side.
Demography
Pachipenta Mandal has a population of 43,995 in 2001. Males consists of 22,144 and females 21,851 of the population. The average literacy rate is 35%, lowest in the entire the district. Male literacy rate is 43% and that of females 26%.
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{{Mandal headquarters in Vizianagaram district
Villages in Vizianagaram district
Mandal headquarters in Vizianagaram district