Marthadu is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in India

India

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 (Garladinne Mandal, Anantapur District) located 21 kilometres from Anantapur

Anantapur

Anantapur is a city and a municipal corporation in Anantapur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located south of state capital, Hyderabad and is the headquarters of the Anantapur District. Anantapur was headquarters of "Datta Mandalam" in 1799 and Sir Thomas Manro was the...

 town.
Pennakacherla dam is 10 km from Garladinne, and there is a water canal that flows through Marthadu to Anantapur town. This canal provides the village with irrigation. Groundnuts (pan nuts), rice paddies and oranges are some of the commercial crops grown by the villagers.

History

Marthadu started municipal elections from 2004 and unanimously elected the late Shri. Veluri Narasimhappa as the first president.

Demographics

According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Marthadu village is as follows:

• Total Population: 20000 in 1000 Households
• Male Population: 12000 and Female Population: 8000
• Children Under 6-years of age: 770(Boys - 427 and Girls - 343)
• Total Literates: 2500