Pachi-penta is a Village and Mandal headquarters, near Salur

Salur

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, in Vizianagaram district

Vizianagaram district

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 of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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, India

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.

Geography

Pachipenta is located at 18.28N 83.07E. It has an average elevation of 219 meters (721 ft).

It is bounded by Koraput district

Koraput District

Koraput is a tribal dominated district of Orissa, India, and known for rich and diverse types of mineral deposits. It is located along the Eastern Ghats.-History:...

 of Orissa

Orissa

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 state on the Northern side.

Demography

Pachipenta Mandal has a population of 43,995 in 2001. Males consists of 22,144 and females 21,851 of the population. The average literacy rate is 35%, lowest in the entire the district. Male literacy rate is 43% and that of females 26%.

There are 54 revenue villages and 28 panchayats in Pachipenta mandal.

Features

• Vegavathi River takes its origin in the nearby hills in Eastern Ghats
  Eastern Ghats
  The Eastern Ghats or Eastern Ghauts are a discontinuous range of mountains along India's eastern coast. The Eastern Ghats run from West Bengal state in the north, through Orissa and Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu in the south passing some parts of Karnataka. They are eroded and cut through by the...
  
  . It is a tributary to Suvarnamukhi which in turn is a tributary to River Nagavali.

• Vegavathi Anicut was constructed across River Vegavathi during 1954-1958. The project is located near Karrivalsa village and utilizes 0.653 TMC of the available water. The Ayacut of 2,664 Acres has been stabilised in Pachipenta and Salur Mandals of Vizianagaram District.

• There is Andhra Pradesh Tribal Welfare Residential Junior College in P.Konavalasa village maintained by Tribal Welfare department of Andhra Pradesh Government.

• This mandal is famous for Tobacco
  Tobacco
  Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
  
   cultivation.

• There is a post office
  Post office
  A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
  
   at Pachipenta.

Villages and Panchayats

According to the District Statistics, there are 54 revenue villages and 28 village panchayats in Pachipenta Mandal.

• Ajuru (panchayat)
• Borramamidi (panchayat)
• Garisiguddi (panchayat)
• Gotturu (panchayat)
• Gummidiguda (panchayat)
• Gurivinaidupeta (panchayat)
• Karrivalasa (panchayat)
• Kerangi (panchayat)
• Kesali (panchayat)
• Kotikipenta (panchayat)
• Mathumuru (panchayat)
• Meliakanchuru (panchayat)
• Mirthivalasa (panchayat)
• Moduga (panchayat)
• Mosuru (panchayat)
• Mutakudu (panchayat)
• P.Konavalasa (panchayat)
• Pachipenta (panchayat)
• Padmapuram (panchayat)
• Panchali (panchayat)
• Panukuvalasa (panchayat)
• Peddavalasa (panchayat)
• Raiguddivalasa (panchayat)
• Sathabi (panchayat)
• Taduru (panchayat)
• Tangalam (panchayat)
• Tumaravalli (panchayat)
• Viswanadhapuram (panchayat)