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POTHANAPALLY '''POTHANAPALLY IS SMALL TRIBAL VILLAGE WHERE ONLY ONLY KOYA TRIBES LIVE. THE VILLEGE COMES UNDER CHINTURU MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH. TOTAL POPULATION OF POTHANAPALLY IS 169 AND 55 HOUSEHOLDS.

THE VILLAGE CONTROLLED BY VILLAGE ELDERS OR TRADITIONAL LEADERS MR. BABURAO (PEDDA) AND MR.RAJULU (PUJARI) AND MR. BAZAR (EPAAR). MAINLY TWO TYPES OF CLAN PEOPLE FOUND IN POTHANAPALLY THEY ARE MADAKAM AND MADIVI. THE PEOPLE ARE BELONG TO KOYA TRIBAL COMMUNITY. THEY SPEAK THEIR MOTHER TONGUE CALLED KOYA. KOYA DIALECT IS VERY SIMILAR TO GONDI LANGUAGE.

POTHANAPALLY IS 4 KM FAR FROM MANDAL HEAD QUARTER AND 160 KM FAR FROM DISTRICT HEAD QUARTER KAKINADA. YERRAM PETA, KOLTURU, KARAM GUDEM, RATHNAPURAM, AND VALUMURU GONDI ARE BORDERING VILLAGES.

The village is connected by road to Bhadrachalam which is the nearest urban centre at a distance of 65 kilometers (Telangana). Located north of Khammam, Bhadrachalam is closer to the borders of Chattisgarh and Orissa states. Bhadrachalam is a temple city where there is a shrine of Lord Sri Rama known to have existed since seventeenth century. It is also a market centre besides a centre of education with schools and colleges. It has been the centre of administration since the colonial period, where the offices of Sub-Collector, Project Office of ITDA, Forest Office and Police Sub-divisional Office etc., are located. There is also Bhadrachalam Paper Mill, the lone industry in the area.

The Pothanapally village has six gudems such as nad gudem, kachchal gudem or gubbal gudem, paadin gudem, taawarath gudem, gangana gudem and erragoda. As one travels forward from Yerrampeta, one finds a group of houses on the left side of the road called nad gudem. In the midst of these houses a small road from the main road leads to another village called Ratnapuram. On the same side at a distance there is primary school. If one walks further on the road, a small road on the right side leads to tawarath gudem and gangana gudem. The houses located on the left side of the road are called paadin gudem. The village shrine for the deity gama thallud is located in this gudem and the purjari lives closeby. There are six hand pumps distributed in these gudemS.

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