Know why this village in AP has just one inhabitant

Dapperla village situated in Jammalamadugu municipality in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district has just one inhabitant. An elderly man named Seshadanam, who still resides there, is adamant and doesn't want to leave his birthplace and is surviving on the old-age government pension.

Kadapa:A village named Dapperla in Jammalamadugu municipality in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district has amenities that many Indian villages lack.

Dapperla village situated near Mylavaram reservoir has fertile farmlands and is located near the municipal office and yet the village remains abandoned except one elderly man named Seshadanam who still resides there.

For the past 10 months, this man has been living in the village on his own.

According to sources, in the past, the village accommodated around 200 people (120 voters) but one unfortunate scuffle related to a farmland dispute changed the fate of the village leading to the mass exodus.

A retired teacher, Devasahayam, was murdered in 1992 and the police kept visiting the village for inquiries.

Unable to cope with the regular investigation, one by one, the families started abandoning the village.

Against all these odds, one couple, Seshadanam and Ranamma, dared to live alone in the village and after the death of his wife ten months back, Seshadanam became the lone inhabitant.

Seshadanam is adamant and doesn't want to leave his birthplace and is surviving on the old-age government pension.