Velagapudi

Velagapudi is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was a village in Thullur Mandal of Guntur district before its denotification as Gram Panchayat. Velagapudi is also the home to the temporary Secretariat of Andhra Pradesh.

History

King Ganapati Deva of Kakatiya Dynasty, who ruled between 1199 AD and 1261 AD, had gifted the two villages of Velagapudi and Mandadam to Sivacharya, spiritual preceptor of Golaki Matham at Mandadam.

Demographics

, the town had a population of. Of the total population, males constitute and females are, with a sex ratio of 997 females per 1000 males. The population under 6 years of age is. The literacy rate stands at 62.81 percent, with literates.

Transport

Velagapudi is located on the Vijayawada and Amaravathi village, [Guntur district|Amaravathi] route. APSRTC runs buses that provide transport services from Vijayawada and Guntur to Velagapudi.