Siripuram, Guntur district

For other uses, see Siripuram (disambiguation).

Siripuram
Village
Gram panchayat office in Siripuram
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Siripuram Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 16.18°N 80.29°E / 16.18; 80.29
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Guntur
Mandal	Medikonduru
Government [1]
• Type	Panchayati raj
• Body	Siripuram Gram panchayat
Area [2]
• Total	1,641 ha (4,055 acres)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	8,766
• Density	530/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	522401
Area code	+91–863
Vehicle registration	AP

Siripuram is a village in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in the Medikonduru mandal of Guntur revenue division.[2]

Geography

Siripuram is situated to the north of the mandal headquarters, Medikonduru,[4] at 16.18°N 80.29°E / 16.18; 80.29. It is spread over an area of 1,641 ha (4,050 acres).[2]

Governance

Siripuram Gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village.[1] It is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a ward member.[5] The village forms a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is under the jurisdiction of APCRDA.[6]

Siripuram is mentioned in the previous studies regarding governance in the 12th century:

Velanati Chodas took a keen interest in excavating tanks and digging canals. Many tanks were dedicated to temples. In Talagadadivi the paddy and sugarcane fields were said to have been abundant with water by tanks in the vicinity. Velanati Choda-II constructed three tanks, one at Siripuram and two at Marripundi in Ungini-marga to a temple. An inscription from Mandapadu, Guntur district, dated 1168 A.D., belonging to the Velanati Rajendra Choda-II, mentions tanks, viz., Prolinayaka cheruvu, Karanam maraya cheruvu, Kotta cheruvu, Narayana cheruvu and a tank (name not mentioned).[7]

Historical significance

On a stone in front of a ruined temple near the tank in Siripuram is an inscription from A. D. 1165 relating how the Chalukya Kingdom passed into the hands of the Chola kings. Adjoining the village of Patibandla is a mass of black rock crowned by temples said to have been built circa A. D.^[clarification needed] An inscription in Telugu records that Kondarnanidu, son of Gopapatrudu, on horseback crossed over the rock from west to east. The neighboring villages of Jellil-puram and Musapuram took their names from two Muhammadan jagirdars, Jellil Khan and Musa Khan.[8]

Education

As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has a total of 13 schools. These include eight Zilla Parishad/MPP and five private schools.[9]

See also

• List of villages in Guntur district

References

1. "Gram Panchayat Identification Codes" (PDF). Saakshar Bharat Mission. National Informatics Centre. p. 108. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
2. "District Census Hand Book : Guntur (Part B)" (PDF). Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh. 2011. pp. 14, 378. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
3. "Population". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
4. "District Census Handbook : Guntur (Part A)" (PDF). Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh. 2011. pp. 5, 590–591. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
5. Seetharam, Mukkavilli (1 January 1990). Citizen Participation in Rural Development. Mittal Publications. p. 34. ISBN 9788170992271.
6. "Declaration of A.P. Capital Region" (PDF). Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority. Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Andhra Pradesh. 30 December 2014. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
7. (Cf. https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/144085/11/11_%20economy.pdf, p. 133)
8. (Cf. A Manual of the Kistna District in the Presidency of Madras Di Gordon Mackenzie, p. 168, (https://books.google.it/books?id=430nAMZz8LwC&pg=PA284&lpg=PA284&dq=christianity+siripuram+guntur&source=bl&ots=_N_DhRnRjD&sig=ACfU3U2mHpRCB_F4zK7pXHoixZTqx1Hkjw&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj646zQzbPrAhURwKQKHW1TC3g4HhDoATAIegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=%20siripuram%20&f=false).
9. "School Information". Commissionerate of School Education. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.