Uppada
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Uppada is a village and Gram panchayat
in Kothapalle
mandal of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
near the port city Kakinada
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Gram panchayat
Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...
in Kothapalle
Kothapalle
Kothapalli is a village and a Gampalagudem Mandal in Krishna in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India....
mandal of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Geography
Uppada is located at 17.0883°N 82.3333°E. It has an average elevation of 15 metres (52 ft). It is on the shores of Bay of BengalBay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal , the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered mostly by the Eastern Coast of India, southern coast of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the...
near the port city Kakinada
Kakinada
Kakinada is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located east of the state capital, Hyderabad. It is also the headquarters of East Godavari district. It is nicknamed "Fertilizer City" , "Pensioner's Paradise" and "Second Madras"...
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Features
- Uppada is famous for SilkSilkSilk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity...
Sarees known as Uppada pattu cheeralu. - It is popular Fishery station for PrawnPrawnPrawns are decapod crustaceans of the sub-order Dendrobranchiata. There are 540 extant species, in seven families, and a fossil record extending back to the Devonian...
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