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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Appikatla
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =
| image_caption = 
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| pushpin_label = 
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|15|58|N|80|30|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Guntur district|Guntur]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Mandal]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Bapatla mandal|Bapatla]]
| parts_type = Wards
| parts = 10
| government_footnotes = <ref name="panchayat">{{cite web |title=Gram Panchayat Identification Codes |url=http://saaksharbharat.nic.in/saaksharbharat/forms/gp_code.pdf |website=Saakshar Bharat Mission |publisher=National Informatics Centre |access-date=8 May 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818173131/http://saaksharbharat.nic.in/saaksharbharat/forms/gp_code.pdf |archivedate=18 August 2017 |page=96 |format=PDF| url-status=dead}}</ref>
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayati raj]]
| governing_body = Appikatla [[Gram Panchayat]]
| leader_title = [[Sarpanch]]
| leader_name = 
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="census">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book : Guntur (Part B) |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2817_PART_B_DCHB_GUNTUR.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh |access-date=2 June 2019 |pages=14,498 |format=PDF |date=2011}}</ref>
| area_total_ha = 791
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="population">{{cite web |title=Population |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=668881 |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref>
| population_total = 1831
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 522310
| area_code_type = 
| area_code = +91–8643
| registration_plate_type =
| registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|AP]]
}}

'''Appikatla''' is a village in [[Guntur district]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is located in [[Bapatla mandal]] of [[Tenali revenue division]].<ref name="census" />

== Geography ==

Appikatla is situated to the northwest of the mandal headquarters, [[Bapatla]],<ref name="village">{{cite web |title=District Census Handbook : Guntur (Part A) |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2817_PART_A_DCHB_GUNTUR.pdf |website=Census of India |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh |access-date=3 June 2019 |pages=5,830–831 |format=PDF |date=2011}}</ref> at {{Coord|15|58|N|80|30|E|}}. It is spread over an area of {{Convert|791|ha|abbr=on}}.<ref name="census" />

== Governance ==

Appikatla [[Gram Panchayat]] is the [[Local self-government in India|local self-government]] of the village.<ref name="panchayat" /> There are 10 wards, each represented by an elected ward member.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Body Elected Members of Kolakaluru |url=https://areaprofiler.gov.in/viewelectedmemberReport.do?stateCode=0&lbCode=199994&languageId=1 |website=Area Profiler |publisher=[[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] |access-date=31 May 2019}}</ref> The present [[sarpanch]] is ''vacant'', elected by the ward members.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mathew |first1=George |last2=Sciences |first2=Institute of Social |title=Status of Panchayati Raj in the States of India, 1994 |date=1995 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=9788170225539 |pages=19, 78 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6DQEoh0EJ8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false |access-date=31 May 2019 }}</ref> The village is administered by the ''Bapatla Mandal Parishad'' at the [[Panchayat samiti (block)|intermediate level]] of [[Panchayati raj (India)|panchayat raj]] institutions.<ref name="village" />

== Education ==

As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has a total of 5 schools. These include one [[Government School]], 2 [[District Councils of India|Zilla]]/[[Mandal Parishad]] and 2 private schools.<ref>{{cite web |title=School Information |url=https://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls# |website=Commissionerate of School Education |publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref>

== Transport ==
[[Appikatla railway station]], a ''Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6)'' station in the [[Vijayawada railway division]] of the [[South Coast Railway zone]], provides rail connectivity to the village.<ref name="station_categories">{{cite web|url=https://scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,291,358,748,2213|title=Stations – Category-wise (NEW)|website=South Central Railway|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of villages in Guntur district]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Guntur district]]

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