page_title: Patharlapahad
section_title: Agriculture and other occupations
hierarchical_section_title: Patharlapahad / Agriculture and other occupations
caption_attribution_description: English: Peanut leaves and freshly dug pods Stuckey, South CarolinaBân-lâm-gú: Tôo-tāu-hio̍h kah tú óo khí-lâi--ê tshenn-tāu-ngeh. 塗豆葉佮拄挖起來的生豆莢。
context_page_description: Patharlapahad is a village in Athmakur mandal, Suryapet district, state of Telangana, India. It is located along Suryapet and Warangal highway
context_section_description: The village is predominately dependent on agriculture, the irrigation of which is dependent on rainfall. There are 4 major reservoirs located around the village for irrigation. They are - Shambhuni cheruvu (built by Rudrama Devi), Kotha Kunta, Ayyavaari Kunta, and Garu Kunta. There is also a small check dam built on a creek that passes by the village, which also serves as a source for irrigation. About 10,000 acres of land are cultivated each year. Crops that are grown include:paddy, peanuts, red chili, mung bean (also known as green gram or golden gram), pigeon pea (also known as yellow dal) and cotton. Lately, there has been the introduction of commercial crops: mangos, oranges, and others. The village is surrounded by more than ten Lambada Thandas (Banjara Thanda) that provide much of the agricultural labor.
  All the crops except cotton are marketed in Suryapet agriculture market yard. Cotton is usually sold in the Warangal market.
  There are a significant number of people in the village who belongs to Golla or Yadav. Their traditional occupation has been rearing sheep, goats and cattle and selling them in nearby Angadi (Rural supermarkets in Telangana region). As did many Telangana region villages, had a weekly Angadi (every Saturday) until 1998. People relied on the angadi for their daily household goods. The angadis were an alternative supermarket concept for villages in most of the Telangana districts.
  In late 1980s, the village was famous for producing most Kallu. There are two main types of kallu produced: Thadi Kallu (from Toddy Palmyra trees) and Eetha Kallu (from silver date palms). Eetha Kallu is very sweet and less intoxicating, whereas Thati Kallu is stronger (sweet in the morning, becoming sour to bitter-sour in the evening) and is highly intoxicating. People enjoy kallu right at the trees where it is brought down. They drink from the leaves by holding them to their mouths while the Goud pours the kallu from the Kunda (kallu pot). There are different types of toddy (kallu) according to the season: 1. poddathadu, 2. parpudthadu, 3. pandudthadu, and 4. mogadthadu. A good portion of the village population (called Goud) rely on selling 'Kallu' for their living.
caption: Freshly dug peanuts
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