T. Naidu Palem

Geography

T. Naidu Palem is located at 15.3892333°N 080.0381222°E / 15.3892333; 080.0381222 (15.3892333, 080.0381222).

TNP has two ponds. one is located in the center of the village. And the second pond exists on the outer edge of the village adjacent to National Highway 5, which is called as Koneru(కోనేరు) is the major supplier of drinking water to the villagers.

TNP is a green village with so many coconut trees and tamarind trees.

Transportation

TNP has road network. NH5/GT8 (Kolkata-Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada-Ongole-Nellore-Chennai) passes through this village. This village is situated in between ongole and Tangutur, is 12 km distance from Ongole and 5 km distance from Tangutur. The Famous Temple Valluru in Prakasam district is about 4 km from TNP.

Transport by road from TNP to all the places of interest is available in the form of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) buses. There is no railway station in this village. To get the rail transportation, people has to go to either Ongole, Tangutur or Singarayakonda. Presently there is City Bus running from T.Naidu Palem to Karavadi Railway Station via Valluru, Z.P.Office, RIMS, Prakasam Bhavan, Prakasam RTC Bustand, Throvagunta, Karavadi Village by APSRTC. The Bus Route Number is 2A/ 2B (ONGOLE APSRTC BUS DEPOT - ONGOLE CITY).

Climate

Rain storms and cyclones are common in the region during the rainy season, which starts with the monsoons in early June. The cyclones could occur any time of the year, but commonly between August and November.

Economy

This village holds a huge middle class, major source of income is agriculture (Tobacco). Due to the proximity of towns like Ongole and Tangutur, the inhabitants have more opportunities compared to other villages.

Agriculture

There are many inhabitants of the village that are farmers. They grow the various crops listed below.

Politics

TNP is politically active village with majority of Voters and Leaders supports either TDP or Congress parties. Some of the political figures from this village are:

Late Sri Damacharla Anjaneyulu

Sri Damacharla Janardhana Rao grandson of Damacharla Anjaneyulu, is the Prakasam district Telugu Desam Party president.

Dr Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy son of Dola Kotaiah Siddhanthi contested from kondapi assembly constituency in 2009 general electinos as a candidate of TELUGU DESAM PARTY,lost .Present TELUGU DESAM PARTY KONDAPI CONSTITUENCY INCHARGE.

Elected officials

These are the current elected officials of the village:

Educational Institutions

The village two Telugu medium primary schools and one other Telugu medium Secondary school.

Z.P. High School has the history of providing quality education for over 50 years. High school has facilities like good teaching faculty, very nice playground, and computers. Students of this school are not only from this village, also from neighbouring villages (Mallavarappadu, Siva Puram, Sura Reddy Palem).

Ten to fifteen years back, this school had the strength of around 500 students. But later, it drastically fell down to around 100. This is because of less quality in Govt. school education, parents passionate about the corporate schools and English medium. With the support of Govt/interested parties and regularization of private schools, Govt. funded schools can regain their fame.

Major curricular activities

Church

(Paster::Rev.T.Daivadeenam [Since 2010])

Hindu Temples

There are a good number of temples in this village as follows