Vellaturu

Vellaturu is a village in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the located in Bhattiprolu mandal of Tenali revenue division.

Geography
Vellaturu is situated to the east of the mandal headquarters, Bhattiprolu, at 16.49222°N, 80.00889°W. It is spread over an area of 641 ha.

Demographics
census of India, the total number of households in the village were 1,848. It had a total population of 5,956, which includes 2,995 males, 2,961 females and 494 children in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stands at 64.37% with 3,516 literates.

Governance
Vellaturu gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village. It is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a ward member. The village forms a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is under the jurisdiction of APCRDA.

Education
As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has a total of 7 schools. These schools include 3 private and 4 Zilla/Mandal Parishad.