About TADIPATRI
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Tadipatri or Tadpatri is a newly industrialized city in Anantapur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is right at the border of Kurnool district and Kadapa district. This city boasts of wide cement roads, greenery, a spacious community hall, a vegetable market complex, drainage water treatment plant, multiplexes, new municipal building and several others.This is the only city with an underground drainage in the whole of Anantapur district.
The area around Tadipatri is known as Bhaskara Kshetra. To its south lies a forest full of palm trees. It was called Tatipatri during the time of Pemmasani Ramalinga Naidu, a local chieftain under the Vijayanagara king, Proudha Devaraya.
Tadipatri got its name from Tatipatri which means garden of palm trees. Another version is that Tataki, a demon lady who tried to kill Sreeram on his way to save the yaga of Viswamitra but was killed by Sreeram at this very place and hence the name.
Geography
Tadipatri is located at 14.92°N 78.02°E. Its average elevation is 223 metres or 731 feet. Tadipatri lies on the southern bank of Pennar River. Due to Mid Pennar Dam constructed upstream, the section of river in Tadipatri is usually dry throughout the year. Tadipatri is rich in cement grade limestone deposits. The lime stone reserves are extending in a triangle from Tadipatri in Anantapur district to Kamalapuram in Kadapa district and Bethamcherla in Kurnool district.
The rocks in Tadipatri area are part of the Lower Cuddapah Supergroup. It consists of dolomite, limestone and shale
Economy
Granite Industries
Tadipatri is well known place for producing black stone and granite polishing in Anantapur District. It is having about 1300 stone polishing and 300 granite industries, from these industries around 20000 people are getting employement directly and indirectly.
Cement Industries
Ultra Tech cements - Larsen and Toubro was the first cement plant commissioned in 1994 at Bhogasamudram in Tadipatri. Tadipatri was chosen after many considerations of availability of limestone, water, etc. It was very difficult to build the factory in this location because it was a hilly area. There are many advantages to this – when the cement is manufactured, the cement bags would go down on a conveyor belt without much power due to gravity. All the products would then go into the railway siding or lorry siding and could then be dispatched. It is now known as Ultra Tech cements on acquisition of this factory by Aditya Birla Group. It also has its own thermal power plant.
Penna Cement - It was commissioned on 2008 at Talaricheruvu in Tadipatri. The facility is used for sourcing limestone from the captive mines of Gudipadu, coal from Singarenni Collieries Company Limited and for transportation of finished goods to the consuming markets in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
Steel Industries
Gerdau Steel India Limited, Tadipatri - is the firstINVESTMENT
made by Brazilian steel major Gerdau in Asia. The plant become operational from January 2013 and producing the special bar quality bars and supplying to many automotive component manufacturers. The existing plant capacity is 3,00,000 tons per year and there is a plan to increase the capacity in near future. Gerdau Steel at Tadipatri isEMPLOYING around 2000 people directly (900 on company role and 1100 on contract basis). Presently a large scale project - Coke oven and CPP is under implementation and will become operational by mid 2015.
Civic Administration
Citizens of this industrial town have set an example to the entire state by strictly adhering to the ban on use of plastic (polythene) carry bags and tea cups and drinking water tumblers imposed by the municipal council. The ban has been practically in force from January 26, 2006. A penalty of Rs 2500 would be imposed if one were found either selling or using the plastic carry bags or tea cups. Residents, as well as shopkeepers, prefer to use recycled paper or cloth bags for normal use.
The municipality of Tadipatri purchased 15 vehicles with financial aid from donors and municipal funds to collect garbage at the doorstep of residents. This program came into existence from January 1, 2009. These vehicles collect about 50 tonnes of garbage being generated per day in the town.
Politics
MLA of Tadipatri is J.C.Prabhakar Reddy.He is the brother of J. C. Diwakar Reddy, who won six times as MLA from Tadipatri, before contesting as mp from anantapur, leaving MLA seat to his brother in 2014 assembly elections. Faction war claims many lives in Tadipatri.
Demographics
As per provisional data of 2011 census, Tadpatri municipality had a population of 108,249, out of which males were 54,027 and females were 54,222. The literacy rate was 72.17 per cent.
As of the 2001 India census,Tadipatri had a population of 86,641. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Tadipatri has an average literacy rate of 56%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 44%. In Tadipatri, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The villages surrounded by Tadipatri are Yaragunta palli,Kondapuram,Bugga,Chukkalur etc.
Business and Entertainment
Cinema Theatres are Vijaya Lakshmi,Vara Lakshmi,Jaya Lakshmi,Sai Teja,SLN,Dada,BH Mahal...
Tadpatri is next famous for gold after proddatur of kadapa district. People from whole Anantapur district visit Tadpatri because of its purity in gold.
Education
Tadipatri has good number of schools and colleges. Sri Aurobindo Centenary School is one of the best school following the curriculum prescribed by Andhra Pradesh State Board of Secondary Education (SSC) and also Sri Rama Vidya Mandir Has Good Name. It also has an engineering college- Tadipatri Engineering College,cvr engineering college
Transport
Local transport within Tadipatri, is provided by shared auto rickshaws, which run between Tadipatri Railway Station and Tadipatri Bus Depot. The fare is Rs. 10/- from anypoint to anypoint on this stretch.
Railway
Tadipatri railway station is on the Guntakal-Chennai line which is part of Mumbai-Chennai line. There are daily trains from Delhi, Mumbai,Chennai, Hyderabad , Kanyakumari, Coimbatore, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupathi, Kolhapur and Goa - which halt at Tadipatri. One can also reach Tadipatri from Bangalore by changing train at Gooty railway station.
Road
There are direct buses from Hyderabad and Bangalore to Tadipatri. Notable is the drive from Tadipatri to Anantapur. The rocks on either sides of the road from a particular point on the drive appears beautiful.