Amadalavalasa
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Amudalavalasa is a 3rd Grade Municipality
and a Mandal headquarters in Srikakulam district
in the state of Andhra Pradesh
, India
. It is 13 kilometres far from Srikakulam
town. Amadalavalasa Municipal administration is under the jurisdiction of the Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (VUDA).
'Srikakulam Road' railway station ('A' Class) is located at Amadalavalasa. Older name of this station is Chicacole Road, which have occurred since the 1930s. This station is one of the railway stations with highest revenue in Waltair division of East Coast Railway Zone. City busses are available from railway station to Srikakulam RTC Complex and Old Bus Stand for every 5 minutes.
'. During the historic period, i.e. during the times of Ashoka, this place was called 'Herandapalli'. Heranda in Sanskrit means Castor oil. Ironically, now one can not find any castor oil plants being grown or castor oil being produced in this place. It was a Buddhist site. The Sangamayya Hill,3 km from Amadalavalasa was actually a Buddhist shrine where, a religious fare is being celebrated during Makara Sankranthi days now.
Danthapuri is one of the historical places near Amadalavalasa. This village is situated in between Amadalavalasa and Hiramandalam . Ancient Buddha stupas are present in this place. It is believed to be a place of Buddha religion and a shiddharda's living place.there exists an important archeological place, called Boudha Gynana dantha puri, where the archeological department found some bricks, pots, nabed wear, terracotta articles, bangles, beads, stone and iron articles. It is elevated in the BC 261 after Kalinga battle by Ashoka Chakravarthi. Kalinga rajas treated as capital of their region. The Boudha Gynana dantha were collected and presented by Arhat Kheru Terudu to Brahmadatta Raja of Kalinga. Brahma Datta Kalinga Raja constructed a monument on Boudha Gyana Dahtha in this place and hence the place is called Danthapuri.
. There 23 wards as on 2005 Elections . Population is 37,852. Notified Slum areas are 31.
Abstract
, Amadalavalasa had a population of 37,852. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%.
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Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and a Mandal headquarters in Srikakulam district
Srikakulam district
Srikakulam District , formerly known as Chicacole, is the extreme northeastern District of Andhra Pradesh, situated within the geographic co-ordinates of 18°-20’ and 19°-10’ N and 83°-50’ and 84°-50’ E...
in the state of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is 13 kilometres far from Srikakulam
Srikakulam
Srikakulam is a town, municipality and headquarters of Srikakulam district in the north-eastern Andhra Pradesh, India. It is part of Srikakulam Assembly constituency and Srikakulam Parliament Constituency. Srikakulam was formerly called as Gulshanabad during Muslim rule and was headquarter of...
town. Amadalavalasa Municipal administration is under the jurisdiction of the Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (VUDA).
'Srikakulam Road' railway station ('A' Class) is located at Amadalavalasa. Older name of this station is Chicacole Road, which have occurred since the 1930s. This station is one of the railway stations with highest revenue in Waltair division of East Coast Railway Zone. City busses are available from railway station to Srikakulam RTC Complex and Old Bus Stand for every 5 minutes.
Geography
Amadalavalasa is located at 18.4167°N 83.9000°E. It has an average elevation of 29 meters (98 feet).History
Amadalavalasa means 'the town of Castor oilCastor oil
Castor oil is a vegetable oil obtained from the castor bean . Castor oil is a colorless to very pale yellow liquid with mild or no odor or taste. Its boiling point is and its density is 961 kg/m3...
'. During the historic period, i.e. during the times of Ashoka, this place was called 'Herandapalli'. Heranda in Sanskrit means Castor oil. Ironically, now one can not find any castor oil plants being grown or castor oil being produced in this place. It was a Buddhist site. The Sangamayya Hill,3 km from Amadalavalasa was actually a Buddhist shrine where, a religious fare is being celebrated during Makara Sankranthi days now.
Danthapuri is one of the historical places near Amadalavalasa. This village is situated in between Amadalavalasa and Hiramandalam . Ancient Buddha stupas are present in this place. It is believed to be a place of Buddha religion and a shiddharda's living place.there exists an important archeological place, called Boudha Gynana dantha puri, where the archeological department found some bricks, pots, nabed wear, terracotta articles, bangles, beads, stone and iron articles. It is elevated in the BC 261 after Kalinga battle by Ashoka Chakravarthi. Kalinga rajas treated as capital of their region. The Boudha Gynana dantha were collected and presented by Arhat Kheru Terudu to Brahmadatta Raja of Kalinga. Brahma Datta Kalinga Raja constructed a monument on Boudha Gyana Dahtha in this place and hence the place is called Danthapuri.
Amadalavalasa Municipality
Amadalavalasa is 3rd Municipality in Srikakulam districtSrikakulam district
Srikakulam District , formerly known as Chicacole, is the extreme northeastern District of Andhra Pradesh, situated within the geographic co-ordinates of 18°-20’ and 19°-10’ N and 83°-50’ and 84°-50’ E...
. There 23 wards as on 2005 Elections . Population is 37,852. Notified Slum areas are 31.
WNo:WName | Resevation | contestedCandidates | Party | TotVots | PolVots | VotSec | PersonElectd | wParty | Majority |
1.Timmapuram | S.C.Women | KurmanaRajulamma GontiEswaramma |
INC TDP |
1092 | 910 | 425 485 |
GontiEswaramma | TDP | 60 |
2.Krishnapuram | B.C.Women | KunaVenkatarajyalaxmi SanapaVaikunthamma |
TDP INC |
942 | 814 | 541 273 |
Kuna Venkatarajyalaxmi | TDP | 268 |
3.Kasimvalasapeta | Un-Reserved | InjarapuViswanadham PokalaAppanna |
TDP INC |
1111 | 881 | 441 440 |
Injarapu Viswanadham | TDP | 01 |
4.Gedelavanipeta | Women-General | BannaLavanya SaduVijayaGowri |
TDP INC |
1244 | 1089 | 477 612 |
SaduVijayaGowri | INC | 135 |
5.Akkivavalasa | B.C.Women | AlluAdilaxmi RavadaRamadevi |
INC TDP |
1178 | 1043 | 531 512 |
AlluAdilaxmi | INC | 19 |
6.Nandagiripeta | B.C.General | ChintadaVenkataramana SanapalaKondayya |
INC TDP |
1218 | 1014 | 544 470 |
Chintada Venkataramana | INC | 74 |
7.Chintada | Un-Reserved | BoraGovindarao BoraRamanayya BoraRamulu |
TDP INC BJP |
1348 | 1195 | 638 510 49 |
BoraGovindarao | TDP | 128 |
8.OldRailwayGate | Un-Reserved | LokanadhamApparao SinguruGovindarao SuriKrishnarao AllamsettiUmamaheswararao |
INC BJP TDP IND |
1203 | 939 | 397 51 187 304 |
Lokanadham Apparao | INC | 93 |
9.Mettakkivalasa | Un-Reserved | BalijepalliVenkataramanamurty BoddepalliRameshkumar |
TDP INC |
1283 | 917 | 254 663 |
Boddepalli RameshKumar | INC | 409 |
10.HudcoColony | S.C.General | Kottapalli Jayalaxmi Gollapalli Simhadri |
INC TDP |
1187 | 817 | 389 428 |
Gollapalli Simhadri | TDP | 39 |
11.KuppilivariVeedhi | Un-Reserved | JalumuruNagabhusanarao ModalavalasaRamesh |
INC TDP |
1575 | 1107 | 499 609 |
Modalavalasa Ramesh | TDP | 110 |
12.LaxmiNagar | Women-General | PotnuruAruna BalijepalliSujatha |
TDP INC |
888 | 653 | 295 358 |
Balijepalli Sujatha | INC | 63 |
13.Vidyanagar | Un-Reserve | KunaAppalanaidu ChaparaRamesh TammineniVidyasagar |
INC CPM TDP |
936 | 715 | 215 46 454 |
Tammineni Vidyasagar | TDP | 139 |
14.I.J.NaiduColony | S.T.General | GedelaRamulu ChallaRamana |
INC TDP |
1232 | 815 | 438 377 |
GedelaRamulu | INC | 61 |
15.PathinavaniVeedhi | Women-General | Kancharapu Uma ChaparaUmamaheswari Bagana Sujatha |
TDP CPI INC |
1168 | 807 | 276 119 412 |
BaganaSujatha | INC | 136 |
16.Market-Street | Un-Reserved | Jalumuru Venkateswararao SillaPrasanthiLaxmi |
INC TDP |
1346 | 980 | 575 405 |
Jalumuru Venkateswararao | INC | 175 |
17.PujariPeta | B.C.General | G.VenkatappalaNaidu PathinaMuralidhararao BoddepalliRamesh |
TDP BJP INC |
1063 | 794 | 286 08 501 |
BoddepalliRamesh | INC | 215 |
18.BoddepalliPeta | B.C.General | Boddepalli Vijayakumar MamidiSrinivasarao |
TDP INC |
1019 | 891 | 396 495 |
Mamidi Srinivasarao | INC | 99 |
19.OldAmadalavalasa | Un-Reserved | AmbatiKurmarao BandiGyaneswararao KarriAppanna |
TDP INC IND |
783 | 685 | 315 291 99 |
AmbatiKurmarao | TDP | 24 |
20.VengalaraoColony | B.C.Women | Padda Laxmi Balaga Uma ReddyGowri |
BJP INC TDP |
985 | 798 | 28 228 542 |
ReddyGowri | TDP | 314 |
21.Kuddiram | Women-General | PonnadaGowramma SaduRamanamma |
TDP INC |
1005 | 872 | 402 470 |
SaduRamanamma | INC | 68 |
22.Laxmudupeta | B.C.General | GurugubelliNageswararao DumpalaChiranjivarao |
INC TDP |
862 | 772 | 397 375 |
Gurugubelli Nageswararao | INC | 22 |
23.Venkayyapeta | B.C.General | BaganaSatyam RavadaChinnammadu |
INC TDP |
987 | 882 | 464 418 |
BaganaSatyam | INC | 46 |
Abstract
- Party Name __________ Num. of wards Secured
- INC _________________ 14.
- TDP _________________ 09
- BJP _________________ Nil
- CPI _________________ Nil
- CPM _________________ Nil
- IND _________________ NIL
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Amadalavalasa had a population of 37,852. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%.
Amadalavalasa(Assembly Constituency)
Year | Winner Candidate | Party | Votes | Runner Candidate | Party | Votes | Margin(Majority) |
2004 | Boddepalli Satyavathi | INC | 46,300 | Tammineni Seetaram | TDP | 42,614 | 3,686 |
Features
- There is a large scale sugar factory in Amadalavalasa, presently not working. And also some other industries like Jute, Oil etc. are located at that town.
- There is Head post officePost officeA post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
at Amadalavalasa.
Villages & village panchayats
There are 39 villages in Amadalavalasa Mandal
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Akkulapeta Akkulapeta is a village in Amudalavalasa Mandal of Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, India.Veteran Parliamentarian Boddepalli Rajagopala Rao was born in this village.-Demographics:... |
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