AREA P R OFILE

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ABOUT THE DISTRICT

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ABOUT THE
DISTRICT
BASIC

INFORMATION

District Formation
No. of Parliamentary Constituencies
No. of Assembly Constituencies
No. of Revenue Divisions
No. of mandals
No. of Gram Panchayats
No. of Revenue villages
Municipal corporations
Municipalities

1803 A.D
3
15
3
43
976 (47 Notified)
3082
1
3

Total Geographical Area (Sq. Km.)

Percentage of area under Forest
Sea Coast
Agricultural land Available in the District

11161
39.53 %
132 K.m.
3.27 Lakh Hects.

Irrigated Land
Un- Irrigated
Total Land Holdings
Marginal Farmers (upto Ac.1.0 Hect.)
Small Farmers (upto 2.0 Hects.)
Medium Farmers (upto 10 Hects.)
Large Farmers (upto 20 + Hects.)

1.34 Lakh Hects.

2.14 Lakh Hects.
3, 63,610
2, 81,695
67,877
12,769
1,269

Total Population
Male
Female
Urban Population
Rural Population

38.32 Lakhs
19. 30 Lakhs
19. 02 Lakhs
15. 31 Lakhs
23. 01 Lakhs

Schedule Castes
Schedule Tribes
Backward classes

2.91 Lakhs
5.57 Lakhs
21.60 Lakhs

Density of Population

343 per Sq. Km.

Percentage of Literacy
Male Literacy
Female Literacy

60.0%
69.7%
50.1%

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DISTRICT MAP

About Devarapalle Mandal

Devarapalle is a Mandal in Visakhapatanam District of Andhra Pradesh State, India.

Devarapalle Mandal Head Quarters is Devarapalle town . It belongs to Andhra region . It is
located 48 KM towards North from District head quarters Vishakhapatnam. 562 KM from
State capital Hyderabad towards west .
Devarapalle Mandal is bounded by by Vepada Mandal towards East , K.Kotapadu Mandal
towards South , Chodavaram Mandal towards South , Lakkavarapukota Mandal towards
East . Anakapalle City , Visakhapatnam City , Vizianagaram City , Bheemunipatnam City
are the nearby Cities to Devarapalle.
Devarapalle consist of 63 Villages and 27 Panchayats . Sivaramachainulapalem is the
smallest Village and Devarapalle is the biggest Village . It is in the 76 m
elevation(altitude) . This Place is in the border of the Visakhapatanam District and
Vizianagaram District. Vizianagaram District Vepada is East towards this place .
Simhachalam , Ananthagiri , Araku Valley (Araku Loya) , Visakhapatnam (Vizag) ,
Vizayanagaram are the near by Important tourist destinations to see.
Demographics of Devarapalle Mandal

Telugu is the Local Language here. Total population of Devarapalle Mandal is 57,536 living
in 13,654 Houses, Spread across total 63 villages and 27 panchayats . Males are 28,918
and Females are 28,618

Weather and Climate of Devarapalle Mandal

It is Hot in summer. Devarapalle summer highest day temperature is in between 30 C to
36 C .
Average temperatures of January is 25 C , February is 25 C , March is 27 C , April is
29 C , May is 31 C .
HOW TO REACH Devarapalle Mandal
By Rail
There is no railway station near to Devarapalle Mandal in less than 10 km. Rail Way
Station (near to Visakhapatnam) , kothavalsa Rail Way Station (near to Visakhapatnam)
are the Rail way stations reachable from near by towns. How ever Vishakapatnam Rail
Way Station is major railway station 49 KM near to Devarapalle
By Road
Visakhapatnam , Visakhapatnam are the nearby by towns to Devarapalle having road
connectivity toDevarapalle.
By Bus
V.Madugula APSRTC Bus Station , Srungavarapu Kota APSRTC Bus Station , Borra Caves
APSRTC Bus Station are the nearby by Bus Stations to Devarapalle .APSRTC runs Number
of busses from major cities to here.
Pin codes of Devarapalle Mandal
531075 ( Lakkavaram (Visakhapatnam) ) , 531030 ( Devarapalli (Visakhapatnam) ) ,
531034 ( K Kotapadu )

MACRO LEVEL
4.1village Profile
Below given table presents the demographic picture of the devarapalli
figures as per census
S.No

Particulars

1. Total Area
2. Total household
3. Total population
4. Total Male population
5. Total Female Population
6. Scheduled Cast Population
7. SC Male Population
8. SC Female Population
9. Scheduled Tribe Population
10.ST Male Population
11.ST Female Population
12.No of Primary School
13.No of Upper Primary School
14.No of common toilet
15.No of sub PHC
16.No of temple
17.Medical facility
18.No of ponds
19.No of hand pumps
20.No of canal
21.No of river
22.No of irrigation tank
23.No of open wells and tube well
24.No of BPL families
25.No of ST BPL families
26.No of SC BPL families
27.No of OBC BPL families
28.No of hamlets or Basti
29.No of self Help Groups
30.Forest land
31.Irrigated Land by Govt canal
32.Irrigated land by Parvati river
33.Irrigated land by tube well
34.Total irrigated land
35.Unirrigated area
36.Culturable waste

village where

Figures as per

37.Area not available for cultivation

38.No of land holding farmers
39No of farmers land less
40.No of Family (ST)
41.No of Family (OBC)
42.No of Family (SC)
43.No of Other Family
44.Distance from VISAKHAPATNAM HQ
45.Distance from VIZIANAGARAM HQ
46.No of diesel pump
47.No of Tractor
48.No of harvester
49.No of thresher

Social structure
Village consists of following communities
Caste:
Male : female ratio
Livily hood :
Main occupation of rural people is agriculture. During agriculture off-season most of the
people migrate in search of alternate employment. The families are generally nuclear in
nature and within families they interchange goods and labour. They are earning income
through the collection, processing, transportation and marketing of non-timber minor
forest produce but successive drought have adversely affected the regeneration of the forest
and this leads to the additional pressure on the existing forest to meet out their livelihood
requirements. In all the above-mentioned work whether it is agriculture, rearing
livestock, collection of NTFP or working as a Labour, women play important role.
women spend more time in agriculture than men, but they are paid less wages for the same
work as compared to men. Women have low economic status, position in family,
community, caste, class they also have lack of physical access to education, training, skill
development and other system.

Climatic data :

The district has differing climatic conditions in different parts. Near Coast the air is moist and relaxing, but gets
warmer towards the interior and cools down in the hilly areas on account of elevation and vegetation. April to June
are the warmest months. The temperature gets down with the onset of South West Monsoon and tumbles to a mean
minimum of 18.8 degree Celsius by December after which there is a reverse trend till the temperature reaches mean
maximum of 37.4 degree Celsius by the end of May.
The district receives annual rainfall of 1202 mm, which are contributed to by the South West and North East

monsoon. The rest is shared by summer showers and winter rains. Agency and inland Mandals receive more rainfall
from the South-West Monsoon, while Coastal Mandals get similarly larger rainfall from North-East monsoon.
However, both monsoons play truant, and as there is no accountability of the monsoons, the district experiences
drought conditions too often.

More than the one third of the area in the District is covered by forest. The forests are of moist and dry deciduous
type. The common species available in them are Guggilam, Tangedu, Sirimanu, Kamba, Yagisa, Nallamaddi, Gandra,
Vepa etc. Bamboo shurbs are sparsely scattered. There has been seen a decline in the forest area of the district due
to the podu practice. To stem this, regeneration programmes are being carried out.

As regards the soil in the district, red loamy soils predominate, and cover about 69.9% of the villages of the district.
The Soils are poor textured and easily drained. The next most commonly found soil is of the sandy loam variety. It is
largely confined to the coastal areas. Black cotton soils are found in sizeable chunks in K.Kotapadu, Devarapalli,
Cheedikada, Paderu and Hukumpeta Mandals. The soils in the district are quite low in organic and phosphorous
content.
The total geographical area of the district is 11.34 lakh hectares. Of this 30.5% alone is arable area while 42.1
percent is forest area. The rest is distributed among barren and uncultivable land put to non agricultural uses.
Agriculture is the mainstay of nearly 70% of the population. Rice is a staple food of the people and paddy is
therefore the principal food crop of the district followed by Ragi, Bajra and Jowar, and Cash Crops such asSugarcane,
Groundnut, Sesame and Chillies are important. Since there is no Major Irrigation system, only about 30 percent of
the cropped area is irrigated under the Ayacut of the Medium Irrigation System and Minor Irrigation Tanks. The rest
of the cultivated area is covered under dry crops depending upon the vagaries of the monsoon. The productivity of
the crops is low.
The District has mineral deposits of Bauxite Apatite (Rock Phosphate) Calcite, Crystalline limestone confined to tribal
tracts. Bauxite deposits at Sapparla, Jerrila and Gudem of G.K.Veedhi Mandal are considered to be the largest in the
country. Phosphate Apatite is available in Kasipatnam village of Ananthagiri Mandal. Rich deposits of crystalline
limestone and Calcite are mapped in Borra Caves and along the Valley up to Araku from Borra and around Valasi
village of Ananthagiri mandal. Ruby Mica is another mineral available in the District essential for electrical and
electronic industries. The mineral occurs in the form of Phologopite and is confined to Borra tract. Quartz is another
mineral found mostly in Bheemunipatnam, Padmanabham, Devarapalli, K.Kotapadu and Ananthagiri mandals.
Vermiculate found near Kasipatnam of Ananthagiri mandal. Clay deposits near Malivalasa of Araku mandal are
identified. Limeshell useful for manufacture of chemical grade lime is also available in the district. Red and Yellow
ochre deposits are also identified in Araku and Ananthagiri mandals .

Agricultural data :

S.No
1

Particulars
Total land

Figures ( As per Rev. Records)

3
4
5
6
7
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5

Arable land+ common land + wasteland + forest

land + Pasture land + Abadi Land + Watershed
land+ Culturable waste + uncultivated land ( in
devarapalle)
Irrigated land ( by govt source + by private source)
Unirrigated land
Single cropped area
Double cropped area
Major crops
Sesame
Jowar
Soybean
Mustard
Coriander

Forest Flora and Fauna

NTFP INCREASED @ 2000 T0 5000 per ha.

Sappiling crop 6 to 10 Mts. Heights.
. Bamboo rejuvenating in 50,000 ha. on protection and cultural operations.
In 32 samithies bamboo harvesting commenced Rs. 16.0 lakhs obtained.
Reappearance of rare species on protection Cycas, Gloriosa superba, Asptragus etc. & Medicinal plants NTFP:Tremendous increase in certain products like Gumkaria, Myrabylons, brooms, grasses, Adda leaf etc. 200% to 600%
increased.

REFERENCE:
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VISAKHAPATNAM, JUNE 26 :

Farmers in Visakhapatnam district are being encouraged to rediscover and adopt age-old
agricultural practices, give up use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides, and grow organic
crops, according to Mr P. Ramana, district manager of Community Managed Sustainable
Agriculture project.
He said in an interview that the project, being implemented by the District Rural
Development Agency (DRDA), is meant to support poor farmers to adopt sustainable
agricultural practices to reduce the cost of cultivation and increase net return. It will also
boost soil fertility and enable them to produce pesticide-free food products.
The project is being implemented in 626 villages in 30 mandals of the district, benefiting
45,371 farmers. The extent of coverage is 78,690 acres, of which 17,873 acres are in
the agency (tribal) areas in the eastern ghats.
Mr Ramana said the farmers were realising the importance of organic farming and the
increasing demand for such products on health grounds. They are re-learning old
agricultural practices. We are gradually persuading them to give up on chemical
fertilisers and pesticides, he said.

To realise the objective, the farmer field schools are being established. A group of 20-25
resourceful farmers, already well-versed with the agricultural practices are being
engaged in promoting awareness about eco-friendly farm practices. Under the poverty
alleviation scheme, the landless labourers are being given land on lease for promoting
organic cultivation.
The SRI (systemic rice intensification) system in paddy cultivation is also being promoted
under the project to boost paddy production. In traditional paddy cultivation, 30 bags are
produced in an acre and under SRI 40-50 bags. The crop is totally organic.
The department of Tribal Welfare and the ITDA are also striving to keep tribal farmers
away from chemical fertilisers and pesticides. It is intended to bring the entire area in
the tribal belt under organic farming in a phased manner in the district.

Vanilla crop ideal for north coastal districts'

By Our Staff Reporter
VISAKHAPATNAM, JULY 31. The land and climatic conditions of north coastal Andhra are
suitable for cultivation of vanilla, a commercial crop use as flavouring agent and which is
fast gaining importance.
The returns are also good with a farmer able to earn up to Rs. 2 lakhs from the first crop
itself with an investment of Rs.15,000 on around 200 plants grown on a 10 to 15 cents
area of land. While the first yield of 100 kg is derived after two-and-a-half years, the
yield will go up to 200 kg for the second crop and will improve every year up to 500 kg.
The life of the plant is 15 years. These details were given by K. Satyanarayana of the
Corporate Argo Farms, a firm promoting vanilla cultivation, at a press conference here on
Saturday.
The mixed nature of red and sandy soil of north coastal Andhra districts, absence of
water stagnation due to the area being upland and the available water being adequate,
could vanilla cultivation a success, he said.
Mixed crops beneficial
The farmers would be benefited if they cultivated vanilla as a mixed crop by raising it in
coconut or cashew groves or similar crop.
Vanilla has a good market, according to him. Six dealers in the country are accepting the
crop while the agricultural wing of the State Bank of India was also receiving the crop for
export, Mr. Satyanarayana said. The present rate being paid by the dealers was Rs.
4,200 per a kilogram. Even if the rate had dropped to half this price, the farmer would
make Rs. 2 lakhs from his or her 200 plants, he said. Vanilla is being raised in an extent
of 1,800 hectares in India. The few farmers in the State, like the ones at Eluru and Salur,
were experiencing good profit from the crop.
The Corporate Agro Farms was keen that every farmer in the State should be growing at
least 200 vanilla plants.

Vizag to be a hub for commercial farming

DC | P.V. PRASAD
PublishedNov 21, 2014, 9:50 am IST
UpdatedJan 10, 2016, 8:38 am IST
The average annual rainfall in this zone is up to 200 cm

Representative image
Visakhapatnam: Vizag will shortly become a hub for many rare crops in the region
owing to its excellent fertility. The area is suitable for crops like apples, strawberry,
grapes, pepper, basmati rice, organic coffee and many others. The average annual
rainfall in this zone that includes parts of Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam districts is up
to 200 cm.
The district has coast, plains and hilly areas of the Eastern Ghats flanking on the North
and Western parts of the agency region with an altitude of about 900 metres dotted by
several peaks exceeding 1,200 metres. Sizeable areas in the division have black cotton
soil and others are hill tracks with rich biodiversity.
The agriculture department and the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology recently
planted some apple varieties in Chintapalli mandal on an experimental basis and they are
growing well despite being hit by strong winds during Cyclone Hudhud. Officials have
also sown basmati rice on a few acres.
Last year, on an experimental basis we cultivated broccoli, red cabbage, lettuce, green
pepper, and brussels sprouts. The quality was very good. Strawberry, grapes and
basmati were also tried. Black pepper, coffee, and rajma are being extensively grown,"
said Dr C. Chandra Sekhar Rao, senior scientist, Horticulture Research Station,
Chintapalli.
Strawberry, grapes and basmati have been tried out in the Vizag zone. These areas are

also suitable for fruits like peach, Japanese plum, avocado, litchi, and cocoa.
Scientists have plans to introduce kiwi or Chinese gooseberry shortly. We have tested
environmental suitability for kiwi and it can be grown. We have recently planted some
white grape plants in our research station for observing their growth. Some tribal
farmers in the region have already witnessed good yield of grape, green apple that they
have grown in their backyard," said Dr N. Venugo-pala Rao of Regional Agricultural
Research Station, Chintapalli.

Variety of Crops Recommend for 'VISAKHAPATNAM' District

Current location:-ANDHRA PRADESH >> VISAKHAPATNAM
S.No. Crop Name
Variety
1
PADDY (DHAN)
VIJETHA (MTU-1001)
VASUNDHARA (RGL-2538)
SRIKAKULAM SANNALU (RGL-2537)
JAYA
SUREKHA
IR-36

2
3
4

6
7

CHAITANYAN (MTU-2067)
SAMBA MAHSURI (BPT-5204)
KRISHNAVENI (MTU-2077)
IR-64
MTU-7029
MTU-1010
RPW-6-17
BPT-3291 (Sonamasuri)
CHAMPAVATHI (VR-708)
FINGER MILLET (RAGI/MANDIKA)
PR-202
RATNAGIRI (PR-1044)
MAIZE (MAKKA)
DHM-105 (EH-40187)
CSV-14 (R) (SPV-839)
SORGHUM (JOWAR/GREAT MILLET) CSH-9
CSH-5 CS-3541 R
LAM 648 (LBG-648)
LBG 17
BLACK GRAM (URD BEAN)
LBG-20
T-9
PUSHKARA (LGG-450)
GREEN GRAM (MOONG BEAN/ MOONG) ML-267
PUSA-105
LAXMI (ICPL-85063)
PIGEON PEA (RED GRAM/ARHAR)
Lam-41
VEMANA (K-134)
TMV-2
GROUNDNUT (PEA NUT/MUNG PHALLI)
JL-24
TAG-24
YELLAMANCHILI-1
SESAME (GINGELLY/TIL)
GOWRI