Pottipadu is a village in the YSR Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh State, India, lies 97 KM west of Kadapa, the district headquarters. The state’s capital, Vijayawada, is 436 KM away.
The postal code of Pottipadu is 516464 and its post office is in Lavanur.
Pottipadu is near the borders of Kondapuram, Tadipatri, Mylavaram, Putlur and Simhadripuram mandals.
Some of the nearby cities are Tadpatri, Jammalamadugu, Proddatur and Yerraguntla.
Pottipadu is also close to the boundary between Cuddapah District and Anantapur District. Yellanur in Anantapur District is south of Pottipadu.
Population
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, Total Population
, 792
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, Total No of Houses
, 229
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, Female Population %
, 49.9 % ( 395)
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, Total Literacy rate %
, 53.0 % ( 420)
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, Female Literacy rate
, 21.5 % ( 170)
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, Scheduled Tribes Population %
, 0.0 % ( 0)
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, Scheduled Caste Population %
, 23.5 % ( 186)
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, Working Population %
, 63.5 %
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, Child(0 -6) Population by 2011
, 64
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, Girl Child(0 -6) Population % by 2011
, 46.9 % ( 30)
Notable people
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Nagi Reddi
Bommireddy Nagi Reddi (2 December 1912 – 25 February 2004) was an Indian film producer primarily associated with Telugu cinema, along with notable contributions to Tamil and Hindi films. He co-founded Vijaya Vauhini Studios in Madras, which ...
- Indian film producer and director mainly in
Telugu cinema
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of Film, motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Based in Film N ...
. He set up
Vijaya Vauhini Studios
Vijaya Vauhini Studios is a film production company based in Chennai, India. It is the combination of Vijaya Productions and Vauhini Studios. B. Nagi Reddy (Bommireddy Nagi Reddy) was the founder of Vijaya Productions and Moola Narayana Sw ...
in
Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
, which was then Asia's biggest film studio.
References
Villages in Kurnool district