Ankapur (అంకాపూర్ ఆదర్ష గ్రమాము)

traditional crops of food grains. The Peasant Association of the village coordinates, organizes and controls various agricultural development programmes. The village also boasts of modern amenities for the inhabitants and is also taking up its marketing activities itself. Ankapur(Ankapoor) is a small, self sufficient, progressive Model Village located in Armoor Mandal, Nizamabad District, Telangana state of India. The village is 400 years old and is located on eastern side of the National Highway 16 connecting Nizamabad with Jagdalpur (CHG) also near to the another National Highway (NH7) connecting Hyderabad and Nagpur. It receives an annual rainfall of about 1100 mm and experiences a subtropical climate. This village is considered one of the Model Villages in the country due to an overall development in general and agricultural development in particular. It is recognized as a model village by many agencies including International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Indian council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Philippines.