Lankapalle Agraharam

We do not have any historical evidence to prove how old this village is. There are old people in this village who can tell the major events starting 1800 AD. They claim that they got rhis information from their grandparents.

Lankapalli agraharam is more popularly called Lankapalli. Lankapalli is connected by train, bus and air. The nearest train station is about 2 miles west. Some local trains between Vijayawada and Gudiwada / Bhimavaram / Machilipatna stop at this station. Busses from Gannavaram to Vuyyur go via this village. Gannavaram airport is about 10 miles.

The total population of this village is about 600. People are generally very friendly and very cooporative. Farming is the main source of this village. Farmers cultivate paddy for about 3 to 8 months and during the remaining time of the year lentils are grown. Sugarcane is also grown here. Weather is pleasant during rainy and winter seasons. Summer is very hot. The temperatures vary from 11 to 46 degrees centigrade. There are 2 major communities in this village Kamma and the other is mala. Kammas own more than 90% of the land. Some of the families who have sizable holding in this village include Pakadugu Sriramadas and his children. The other family who owns sizable property is Gogineni Srisailam and his siblings. There are quite a few families with their last name Elaprolu. Off-late Elaprolu’s have become very prosperous and the youth has left the village. Elaprolu Vishnu Vardhan Rao is has promoted a successful company. Lankapalli has a very old school (started in 1939 AD). The village also has a ramalayam opposite to the home of Sistla family. It is believed that this temple is more than 70 years.

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