CHAPTER XV.
GAZETTEER.
Amalapuram taluk—Amalapuram—Ambajipeta—Ayinavalli—Bandarulanka—Bendamurlanka—Gannavaram—Kesanakurru—Mandapalli—Muramalla—Palivela—Peruru—Rali—Vadapalli—Vanapalli—Vyagresvarapuram. Cocanada taluk—Bhimavaram—Chollangi—Cocanada—Coringa—Gollapalaiyam—Injaram—Nilapalli—Samalkot—Sarpavaram—Tallarevu—Yanam. Nagaram taluk—Antarvedi—Jagannapeta—Kadali—Nagaram—Rajavolu—Sivakodu—Tatipaka. Peddapuram taluk—Annavaram—Dharamallapuram—Jagammapeta—Kandrakota—Kattipudi—Kirlampudi—Peddapuram—Prattipadu—Ragampeta—Rangampeta—Talluru—Totapalli—Viravaram—Yelesvaram. Pithapuram division—Chandurti—Kottapalli—Mulapeta—Pithapuram—Ponnada—Uppada. Rajahmundry taluk—Dowlaishweram—Gokavaram—Korukonda—Kottapalli—Rajahmundry. Ramachandrapuram taluk—Bikkavolu—Draksharamam—Gangavaram—Kotipalli—Maredipaka—Ramachandrapuram—Ramaghattalu—Vegayammapeta. Tuni division—Bendapudi—Hamsavaram—Kottapalli—Talluru—Tatipaka—Tetagunta—Tuni. Bhadrachalam taluk—Bhadrachalam—Dummagudem—Gundala—Kumarasvamigudem—Kunnavaram—Parnasala—Rekapalle—Sri Ramagiri. Chodavaram division—Bandapalli—Birampalli—Boduluru—Bolagonda—Chavala—Chidugiiru—Chodavaram—Chopakonda—Dandangi—Dorachintalapalem—Geddada—Kakuru—Kondamodalu—Kundada—Marrivada—Musurumilli—Nadunuru—Nimmalapalem—Palem-Pamuleru—Peta—Rampa—Sirigindalapadu—Tadapelli—Tunnuru—Vadapalli—Velagapalli—Valamuru—Vemulakonda. Polavaram division—Gangolu-Giitala— Jangareddigudem—Pata Pattisam—Polavaram—Taduvayi. Yellavaram division—Addatigela—Anigeru—Dutcharti—Gurtedu—Jaddangi—Kota—Mohanapuram—Nelipudi—Pandrapole —Ramavaram—Virabhadrapuram.
AMALAPURAM TALUK.
Amalapuram taluk is a triangular island enclosed between the Vasishta, Vainateyam and Gautami branches of the Godavari and the sea. With the smaller Nagaram island, which is similarly bounded, it comprises the whole of the central delta of the Godavari river. Statistics regarding it will be found in the separate Appendix to this volume. It is the most populous taluk in the district and the density of its inhabitants to the square mile (548) is well above the average of the plain taluks. Most of the wet land is irrigated by the central delta canal, but the area under wells, though not considerable, is far greater than in any other taluk Jn the district.[1] Of the classified area, 87 per cent, is made up of
- ↑ See Chapter IV, p. 89.
