Valiveru

Valiveru is a village in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh State and in India. It is located at a latitude of 16.1208 and longitude of 80.3527. Valiveru village comes under Vemuruassembly constituency and Bapatla parliament constituency. It is in Tsundur mandal and Tenali taluka, Pin code is 522-211. Population of the village is 6000. Agriculture is the main occupation in the village.

Geographical Location

Valiveru is a village in Tsundur mandal of Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh. It is located at a distance of 9km from Tenali and 6km from Mandal Head Quarters and 22km from District Headquarters. The nearest railway stations are Tsundur and Tenali. Buses will be running from Tenali and there are Auto-Rickshaws running till late nights. Pin Code of the village is 522-211. Valiveru is under Vemuru Assembly Constitution and Bapatla Parliament Constitution. Nearest Police station is Tsundur and Tenali.

Surrounding Villages

• Edlapalli
• Penugudrapadu
• Ayinapalem(Under Valiveru Panchayat)
• Gajuluru
• Nadigaddapalem

History

Valiveru Village has so many years of history from past. Lalita Swayambuveswara Swami temple has 200 years of history. Main occupation of most of the people in the village is farming and cultivation, where they mainly cultivate paddy, lemon, maize, bananas etc., and sell them in surrounding markets in Tenali and Guntur. Rice is also transported to other states in the country. Most of the present generation Youth of the village are educated and well settled as per there career. Most of the people in the village are Hindu religion and belongs to Reddy's caste. There are also other religion people in the village like muslims and christians.

Highlights of the Village

• Library (It is maintained by the state govt of ap).

• Reading Room (It is maintained by Emani Surname Families from the olden days with help of other village people).

• TV Room (Located in center of village adjacent to milk center).

• Temples

• lakes (Chinna Cheruvu, Pedda Cheruvu, Chakali Cheruvu where acqua cultivation is done).

• Kalyana Mandapam (Emani Vari Sita Rama Kalyana Mandapam built with co-operation of villagers and maintained by Emani Surname Families).

• Bank (Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank established in late 90's serving villagers and also surrounding village people with several loans and schemes at low interest rate).

• Water Supply (There is continuous water supply to the houses in the village from past 30 years, this programme was started by Tamma Seshireddy a famous leader of the village ).

• Milk Center (Popularly known as Pala kendram, which fetch milk from the village and send to Sangam Dairy, Hotels from past 30 years).

Education & Hospitality

• St Anne's English Medium Missionary School

It is maintained and operated by the Sisters of Bangalore from past 25 years and it is from LKG to SSC. It is affiliated to ap state govt. Hundreds of students passed out from this school and well settled in the society. Main objective of the school is to promote a quality education to rural people in surrounding villages.

• Govt Primary Schools

There are three govt Primary schools in the village from class 1 to 6 which is maintained by the state govt.

• Sai Master Tution

Sai master is well known maths teacher working in ZPH and st.anne's school. This tution maintained by him is well disciplined with set of rules. Many students come here for doubts in Maths and other subjects. It is located adjacent to Post Office.

• Prasad Master Tution

Prasad Master is also a well known teacher in the village working in govt primary school. Students having doubts in Physics and also other group subjects come here to clarify there doubts. It is located near to Tungabadra River Canal.

• Madhu Master Tution

It is als a well reputed tution in the village where most of the students of primary classes come here because of the well care taken by the management.

• • Anitha Health center**

It is a super specialized hospital maintained by the sister's of Banglore. Main objective of the hospital is to provide a quality treatment to the people in the village and also for the surrounding village people at low price.

• • Govt Health Institution's**

There is a govt health care center maintained by the state govt providing treatment to the poor people for free of cost.

• • Govt Veterinary Hospital**

As most of the people in the village mainly depend on buffaloes and cows for milk this hospital is playing a key role by educating the people of seasonal diseases and proper vaccinations to be taken at right time.

Culture & Major Festivals

There are temples like Shivalaayam (pedda gudi), Raamalayam, Poleramma gudi, Venugopala swamy temple (chinna gudi), Vinayaka gudi etc., having a spiritual atmosphere at the premises of these Temples. All the festivals are celebrated in a traditional way and of all "Ganesh Chaturthi" is the major festival which will be celebrated in a great manner from the olden days with lot of efforts and co-operation from all the people in the village.

Temples in Village

1. Sri Lalita Swayambuweswara swami vari gudi
2. Venu Gopala Swamy gudi
3. Ramalayam
4. Vinayakudi gudi
5. Poleramma Gudi
6. Poturaju Gudi

Some of Major Events

• Dr. Y.S. Rajashekar reddy came to the village in the year 2000 for the inauguration of the milk center and gave a political speech as Opposition Leader.
• New water tank has been opened in 2008 for the sake of the people in the village.
• On March 7th 2009 pedda gudi opening had been done after re-building the old temple .
• Y.S Jagan Mohan Reddy came to the village in october 2011 as part of Odarpu Yatra and spent a night in the village and inaugurated 4 YSR statues on the next day.

Some of The Notable Personalities of the Village

• Tamma Seshireddy

A great person and leader who have done several programs and services for the sake of people in village. As a president of village he started 24 hrs water supply in the village by building a water tank. He also contributed a lot for the sake of village development.

• Gade Sivarama Krishna Reddy (babu)

Congress party Leader and mandal congress president.He elected as a ZPTC member for Tsundur mandal for 2 times continuously. As a ZPTC member he have initiated and done several welfare programmes in the mandal and village. As a loyalist to YSR he resigned to his ZPTC post and joined YSR Congress Party.

• Aramalla Koti Reddy

He is the first one who have done B.A degree in the village in 1950's and later on he is recognized as B.A Koti Reddy.

• Konda Prasad Reddy

Done B.tech in Civil and worked in a construction company and later on started his own constructions nameed SP Constructions well known company in Hyd.