Tellapadu (pronounced "Tellabadu") is a village of Doddavaram Panchayathi in Maddipadu Mandal of Prakasam District in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

[2] Several landlords, eminent industrialists, senior public/private sector employees hail from here including: 1) (Late) Mallipeddi Venkatasubbaiah & Ramaswamy Chowdary, and later the former's sons, in their prime, were the richest people/zamindars of the village.

Tellapadu was the birthplace of his father (original surname: Katragadda) who was then adopted by close relatives in Bellamvaripalem, near Repalle (Guntur district), Andhra Pradesh, India.

3) (Late) Panda Punnaiah (whose mother hails from here) was chairman, Beardsell Ltd.[5] and also on the boards of Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd.[6] (formerly Nava Bharat Ferro Alloys) and Prakasam Sugar Complex Ltd. 4) (Late) Yanamadala Ramakrishnayya had been President for more than 25 years and played an important role in the development of two villages.

In his memory they named their colony as Ramakrishna Puram The village also includes a large number of migrants from the former Repalle Taluk in Guntur District.