Pakala, Tirupati district

Pakala is a town in Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Pakala mandal. It comes under Tirupati revenue division.

About
Pakala is a mandal in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Pakala Mandal Headquarters is Pakala town. It belongs to Rayalaseema region. It is located 44 km towards West from District headquarters Tirupathi. 450 km from State capital Amaravathi.

Pakala Mandal is bounded by Puthalapattu Mandal towards South, Penumuru Mandal towards South, Pulicherla H/O Reddivaripalle Mandal towards North, Irala Mandal towards west. Chittoor and Tirupati are the nearby cities to Pakala.

Pakala consists of 180 villages and 28 panchayats. Nagamma Agraharam is the smallest village and Pakala is the biggest village. It is in the 371 m elevation (altitude).

Chittoor, Tirupati (Tirumala), Vellore, Tirutani, Srikalahasti, Kanipakam are the nearby important tourist destinations to see.

Education
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.[2][3] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu and Urdu.

Colleges


 * Govt. Degree College
 * Govt. Junior College (boys)
 * Govt Junior College (girls)
 * Sri Bala Gangadhar Reddy Arts & Science College (SBGR)

Schools


 * Govt Secondary High School
 * N.V.N (MPP) Primary School
 * Infant Jesus English Medium High School
 * Sri Vivekananda Vidyanikethan High School
 * RCM high School
 * Y.v. Rathnam School
 * Ushodaya High School

Demographics
Telugu is the official and widely spoken language. Also people speak Urdu, Tamil. Total population of Pakala Mandal is 56,802 living in 13,533 houses, Spread across total 180 villages and 28 panchayats. Males are 28,414 and females are 28,388

Geography
Pakala is located at 13.4667°N, 79.1167°W. It has an average elevation of 361 meters (1184 feet).

Distance

 * Chittoor     30 km
 * Tirupati     43 km
 * Tirumala     61 km
 * Vellore      66 km
 * Srikalahasti 80 km
 * Madanapalle  85 km
 * Pileru       32 km
 * Chennai      178 km
 * Bengaluru    221 km
 * Vijayawada   485 km
 * Hyderabad    550 km

Governance
Pakala(Chandragiri) is one of the 175 assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. pakala is part of Chittoor (Lok Sabha constituency). N. Reddeppa of YSR Congress Party is the sitting Member of Parliament for Chittoor (Lok Sabha constituency) and Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy of YSR Congress Party is Chandragiri the sitting Member of Legislative Assembly for Chandragiri (Assembly constituency).

Politics
Pakala is an Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh and the constituency number is 285.

Entertainment
There are two theaters in pakala town, Ramakrishna Theatre, Srinivas & Mini Theatre

Transport
Roadways

Pakala is well connected to major cities through national and state highways. The National Highways through Pakala Town are, National Highway 40 (India) connecting Pileru, Madanapalli, Kadapa, Kurnool and Hyderabad on North and connecting Chittoor, Vellore and Chennai on South National Highway 69 (India) connecting Chittoor with Kolar and Bangalore on West National Highway 140 (India) connecting Chittoor with Tirupati and Nellore on East. The city has total road length of 382.30 km.

Public transport

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Chittoor bus station. Bus services are operated to Chittoor, Tirupati, Pileru, Madanapalli, Palamaner, Srikalahasti, Nellore, and also to all other major Panchayth and Villages in the Pakala, Chittoor District, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

Railways Pakala Junction railway station is a major railway station in Pakala Town of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on Gudur–Katpadi branch line section and is administered under Guntakal railway division of South Coastal Railway zone. Nearest major railway station is Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 45 km from Pakala Town. Katpadi Junction railway station, Tamil Nadu, is 70 km from Pakala Town.

Airports

The nearest domestic airport is Tirupati Airport at Renigunta in Tirupati of Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest international airports are Chennai International Airport at Chennai and Kempegowda International Airport at Bangalore.

Villages Under Pakala Mandal
List of all towns and Villages in Pakala Mandal of Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh. Complete details of Population, Religion, Literacy and Sex Ratio in tabular format. us 2011

Home Andhra Pradesh District List Tirupati District Pakala Mandal

List of all towns and Villages in Pakala Mandal of Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh. Complete details of Population, Religion, Literacy and Sex Ratio in tabular format.


 * Achamma Agraharam,
 * Adenapalle,
 * Damalcheruvu,
 * Gadanki,
 * Ganugapenta,
 * Gorpadu,
 * K.oddepalle,
 * Linganapalli,
 * Maddinayanipalle,
 * Mallelacheruvupalli,
 * Mogarala
 * Nagamma Agraharam,
 * Nendragunta,
 * Padiputlabayalu,
 * Pakala,
 * Pedda Ramapuram,
 * Thotathimmaiah Palle,
 * Vallivedu,
 * Upparapalli.

Landmarks
The Swayambu Varasidhi Vinayakaswamy temple at Kanipakam is the famous notable Hindu temple near the city.

The 11th century historical Chandragiri Fort is the notable landmark near the city.

From Pakala Town we have NARL National Atmosphere and Research Laboratory towards Tirupati 5 km from town