Mandepudi

Mandepudi is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Amaravathi mandal of Guntur revenue division.

Tobacco cultivation started in mid-1950 in the coastal Andhra. In this village a huge number of tobacco barens are burning day and night. Buring meaning in Telugu is "Manduta", from that "Mandepudi" came.

Apart from cultivation of tobacco, farmers in this village cultivate paddy types like 2027 rice, BPT rice, and Masuri rice. A few farmers cultivate ground nuts, black chana, Toor dal, Gongura is very famous in this village due to its taste, A unique sour taste came in the leafs of gongura because of unique black soil.

We can say Guntur is especially famous for Gongura because of unique sour taste due to unique black soil.

Late 90s this village started cultivation of red chili and cotton. This village produce one red chili variety "Madhubala 332".

This village is near to one of the oldest Lord Hanuman Temple( Gundaram) of 16 th century. Gundaram place is famous for Indian jujube, We can find 100 of trees beside the NSP cannel.

This village has three primary education schools, and one ZPH school.

ZPH School is located near drinking water pond, a 10 acres pond for drinking water and 10 acres of pond for cultivation. In the late 90s during the winter season these ponds are filled with immigrant birds especially white cranes from various corners of the globe. Birds' immigration has come to zero due to heavy usage of pesticides.