Khajipet
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Khajipet is a village and a mandal
Subdivisions of India
The Administrative divisions of India are Indian subnational administrative units; they compose a nested hierarchy of country subdivisions. Indian states and territories frequently use different local titles for the same level of subdivision The Administrative divisions of India are Indian...

 in Kadapa district
Kadapa district
YSR Kadapa District is one of the 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. On 8 July 2010, the government of Andhra Pradesh renamed the district in honor of Y. S...

 in the state of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

 in India
India
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.

Geography

Khajipet is located at 14.6333°N 78.7667°E. It has an average elevation of 123 meters (404 feet).

Panchayats

The following is the list of village panchayats in Khajipet mandal. Bosireddy palli is a village located in the southeast of Khajipet; it is named after Sri
Sri
Sri , also transliterated as Shri or Shree or shre is a word of Sanskrit origin, used in the Indian subcontinent as polite form of address equivalent to the English "Mr." in written and spoken language, or as a title of veneration for deities .-Etymology:Sri has the root meaning of radiance, or...

 Thripuravaram Bosireddy, the founder of the village. It is one of the very few villages in the Kadapa district growing paddy
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

, turmeric
Turmeric
Turmeric is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to tropical South Asia and needs temperatures between 20 °C and 30 °C and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive...

, mango
Mango
The mango is a fleshy stone fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The mango is native to India from where it spread all over the world. It is also the most cultivated fruit of the tropical world. While...

es, and betel nut
Betel nut
The Areca nut is the seed of the Areca palm , which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa. It is commonly referred to as "betel nut" as it is often chewed wrapped in betel leaves.-Description:...

s. Though the village is small, the literacy rate is much higher than the district's average.

The village of Bosireddy palli probably has the highest number of young men working for the Indian army or military compared to other villages of its kind. One in three households produces a college graduate, most of whom are engineers, postgraduates, etc.

Thavvari palli is the panchayats. This village is famous for education and cultivation(cotton, Groundnuts and paddy etc.). Many people gruadted from this village.

Ravulapalli is the another of the panchayats. This village is developed by Sri Gangavaram Rami Reddy later he is popularised with the name Ravulapalli Ramireddy. He is the person who played crucial role in that constitution politics. After he defeated in MLA elections, he bring up his son in law (DL Ravindra Reddy) into the politics, who is the present Health minister in congress Govt (2011). This village is famous for education, Politics and cultivation.

Anjaneya Kottal is the another panchayat. Anjaneya Swamy (Hanuman) Temple is very famous. So this village is called Anjaneya kottal. This village also contains Rama temple, Chowdeswary temple and SaiBaba temple. This village is also famous for education and cultivation ( paddy
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

, Sunflower
Sunflower
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, Ground nuts etc.). Many people are graduated from this village and working in various jobs (State Govt jobs, Engineers, Army etc.,).

sannapalli is a great village in this mandal..the first president of village is T.Pedda VeeraReddy and present president is T.Venugopal Reddy& brothers......It is one of the very few villages in the YSR district growing [turmaric].the literacy rate is much higher than the district's average.

Education

The following is a selection of educational facilities in Khajipet.

Schools
  • Z.P. Boys High School
  • Z.P. Girls High School


Colleges
  • R.E.S.S.V. Jr. College

Places of interest

Nageshwara Kona, which is located on a hill 3 km from Khajipet, was the residence of Lord Siva. Every year all Mondays in Karthika Masam (generally in the months of October and November), they celebrate the Jataras.

Other places to visit include:
  • Pushpagiri
  • Sri Kanyaka Parmeswari temple
  • Sai Baba temple
  • Nageswara kona

Transport

Khajipet is supported by the APSRTC
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation or APSRTC is the state owned road transport corporation in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is acknowledged as the single corporation having the largest fleet in the world...

, a bus transport company.

National Highway passes through this mandal, but no railway.
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