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| name = Bukkapatnam
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|14.2000|N|77.8000|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sri Sathya Sai district]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of mandals of Andhra Pradesh|Mandal]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Bukkapatnam mandal]]

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'''Bukkapatnam''' is a village in [[Sri Sathya Sai district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the headquarters of [[Bukkapatnam mandal]] in [[Kadiri revenue division]].

==History==
[[File:Sathya Sai Baba 2013 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|150px|left]]
Sri Satya Sai district, with headquarters at [[Puttaparthi]], was created as per the Gazette notification No.154 dt 01.02.2022, with parts of [[Anantapur district|Ananthapuramu district]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://srisathyasai.ap.gov.in/history/ | title= Sri Satya Sai District| work= About District > History|publisher= | access-date = 3 November 2023}}</ref> It is named after [[Sathya Sai Baba]], an Indian [[guru]] born in Puttaparthy.<ref name="Singleton, Mark| Goldberg, Ellen">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GSpnAQAAQBAJ&q=sai+baba+god+incarnate+academic+studies&pg=PT208|title=Gurus of Modern Yoga|isbn=978-0199374953|last1=Singleton|first1=Mark|last2=Goldberg|first2=Ellen|year=2013}}</ref><ref name="BabbLawrence">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B8bMjUt6AqIC|title=Redemptive Encounters: Three Modern Styles in the Hindu Tradition|last=Babb|first=Lawrence A.|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|year=1991|isbn=978-0520076365|page=164}}</ref>

== Geography ==
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Bukkapatnam is located at {{Coord|14.2000|N|77.8000|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Bukkapatnam.html Bukkapatnam at Fallingrain.com]</ref> It has an average elevation of 508 metres (1669 ft). Bukkapatnam is located near [[Puttaparthi]]. Bukkapatnam has an area of 351.17 km², and a population of 37,635. The highest mountain of the Mallappakonda district is four miles to north of Bukkapatnam it is {{convert|3002|ft|m}} tall.

== Demographics ==
{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|census]], the village had a population of 12,196. The total population constitutes 6,081 males and 6,115 females —a sex ratio of 1006 females per 1000 males. 1,269 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 655 are boys and 614 are girls —a ratio of 937 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 74.03% with 6,996 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.<ref name=population /><ref>{{cite web|title=Literacy of AP (Census 2011) |url=http://www.ap.gov.in/AP%20State%20Statistical%20Abstract%20May%202014/2%20AP%20Demography.pdf |publisher=Official Portal of Andhra Pradesh Government |accessdate=14 October 2014 |page=43 |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714213923/http://www.ap.gov.in/AP%20State%20Statistical%20Abstract%20May%202014/2%20AP%20Demography.pdf |archivedate=14 July 2014 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Sri Sathya Sai district#Administrative divisions|Revenue divisions and mandals in Sri Sathya Sai district]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Sri Sathya Sai district]]
[[Category:Mandal headquarters in Sri Sathya Sai district]]

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{{Sri Sathya Sai district}}

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