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Ankapur(Ankapoor) is a village in Armoor mandal, Nizamabad district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

General information
This village is 400 years old and is located on eastern side of the National Highway 16, connecting Nizamabad with Jagdalpur (CHG), also near the National Highway 7, connecting Hyderabad and Nagpur. It lies at an elevation of 404 m above the sea level. It receives an annual rainfall of about 1100 mm and experiences a subtropical climate.

This village is considered as one of the model villages in the country due to an overall development in general and agricultural development in particular. It is recognized as a MODEL VILLAGE by the ICAR, ICRISAT and the International Rice Research Institute. . . . ..

The total geographical area is 2205 acre.

Demographics
According to 2001 decennial census, the total population of the village is 6066. There are 20 castes in the village.

There are 50 NRI's from the village.

Agriculture
Major cash/commercial crops grown in this village are Turmeric, Sorghum(Red Jowar), Pearl Millet(Bajra) Turmeric and Maize. Farmers grow vegetables as short term crops. The farmers grow bajra and sorghum for seed production followed by Turmeric and Maize.

Ankapur(Ankapoor) village has been recognized as a model village by International Rice Research Institute for outstanding achievements in the field of agricultural development. Besides cultivating commercial crops, and vegetables on a large scale, the local farming communities have been raising various crops for seeds in preference to cereals and traditional crops of food grains. The Peasant Association of the village coordinates, organizes and controls various agricultural development programmes. The village also boasts of modern amenities for the inhabitants and is also taking up its marketing activities itself.

Ankapur Cuisine
Ankapur Chicken Curry(ACC)- a brand Cuisine(Country Hen chicken curry). The tastiest chicken curry which is available only in Ankapur. This is popular since 30 years. Recently this brand became popular all over Andhra Pradesh. It has become popular in USA,UK,Australia and UAE. It has been recognized as brand cuisine with an International Trademark by Popular Telugu News Channel TV9.

Awards and Recognition
Government of Andhra Pradesh recognized it as model village and awarded "Best Village" title. Recently the village was awarded as "Model Village" for cent percent tax collection by District Magistrate/collector, Nizamabad District. Many International agencies like IRRI, ICRISAT, CRIDA, ICAR, recognized it as Model Village.

Important factors
The Success of Agricultural Development in Ankapur village can be attributed to the following factors that made this village to attain the status of Model village: (i) a strong socially fabricated organizational set-up i.e. village development committee(VDC) which solves the villager’s personal problems, in the lead role, (ii) the lead role the women play in carrying out the agricultural activities viz., sowing, weeding, harvesting and supervision of farm labour, (iii) their shift from traditional agriculture to commercialization of agriculture through seed production with high cropping intensity, (iv) the importance of role played by the women in getting more income from various crops, (v) more than 90 per cent of the domestic activities are attended by women (vi) appreciable influence of women on the decision making process related to domestic affairs ad also on agricultural activities like labour utilization and supervision, (vi) small operational landholding size with intensive cultivation, (vii) raising three crops in a calendar year thus the crop intensity is about 300%, (viii) application of three truck load of farmyard manure (FYM) whenever the soil losses its fertility status which is tested based upon the turbidity of the soil (ix) lesser application of chemical fertilizer and plant protection measures (x) seed production of maize, sorghum, bajra and commercial crops like turmeric, and vegetables, (xi) no land is kept barren in the village, (xii) turmeric and maize are cultivated as intercrop (xiii) all the crops grown in this village meet the domestic requirement of the farm household (garlic, ginger, chillies, red gram, coriander, raddish and leafy vegetables raised in small areas), (xiv) when the power supply is erratic each farmer collects the water in a pond on the elevated structure and the water is released to the fields as per the convenience, (xv) village level disciplinary committees is formed, if anybody does not obey the committee he/she will be socially boycotted, (xvi) the village market yard facilitate the farmers to sell those farm produce, (xvii) the farmer’s financial discipline made both the cooperative bank and nationalized bank (Andhra Bank) to run in a profitable way and they are pro-farmer, (xviii) organic and sustainable agriculture is the main concern of the farmers which ultimately protected the natural resource base of the village over the years, (xix) farmers periodically attend the soil health problems, and (xx) women folk generally take care of farm operations and men look after the marketing related works.