History

Kalingapatnam is a panchayat and mandal headquarters located 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...

, where the River Vamsadhara meets the Bay of Bengal

Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal , the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered mostly by the Eastern Coast of India, southern coast of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the...

 and It is one of the safe and clean beach resorts in North Andhra.

Kalingapatnam was one of the ancient Andhra

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...

's harbor towns. Perfumes, textiles and so on were exported to other countries from the port. Kalingapatnam port was closed during British rule of India

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

, but the light house constructed by the British at Kalingapatnam port.

Kalingapatnam has a darga

Darga

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 called Madina Saheb where people of all religions worship the god.
Kalingapatnam is one of the famous tourism places in and around of Srikakulam District for its well established Light-house and for some other natural beauties there.

A marine police station also established here in 2009 and 24*7 Safe guards are available at 17 Mile Long Beach.

Radar Based Automatic Identification System installed above Light-house in 2011.

The estuarine area formed here by river Vamsadhra froms rich feeding and breeding ground for both shell and fin fishes.

Features

• Kalingapatnam Beach is meeting place of Vamsadhara to Bay of Bengal
  Bay of Bengal
  The Bay of Bengal , the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered mostly by the Eastern Coast of India, southern coast of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the...
  
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• Kalingapatnam has emerged as an undisputed investment destination for investors worldwide, offering vast business opportunities across sectors.
• Mining & Minerals Industrial hub development between Vamsadhara and Nagavali River's meeting place to Bay of Bengal.
• Korni and Korlam are twin villages and is famous for agriculture and tourists get attracted because of the peaceful atmosphere and outstanding greenary.
• Korni village has the potential to become one of the modern village with Highly Skilled Professionals in different areas and Korlam is also in the same path.
• Kalingapatnam comes under Gara Mandalam which is roughly 8km away.
• Gara Village is mandal Headquarter and there are many professionals working in Big MNC's and even abrod as well.

New Developments

The Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy asked the Infrastructure & Investment Department to put on fast track the construction of Kalingapatnam Port in Srikakulam District.The Government has been promoting the development of Kalingapatnam Port through Public Private Partnership by providing State Support and Identified 2000 acres of land in Kalingapatnam.

The State Support includes - Long Lease of lands, Fiscal Incentives, Providing external Infrastructure like Road connectivity, Power and Water supply up to the boundary of the Port. Cost of R&R of the project shall also be borne by the Government. Long term Concession Agreements are entered on BOOT basis for the periods ranging from 30 + 10 + 10.

Andhra Pradesh Chief minister K Rosaiah addressed a letter to the shipping ministry expressing government's desire to welcome a second major port and shipyard in Kalingapatnam.
The decision was taken after Rosaiah was informed by the National Shipping Board chairman P V K Mohan during a review meeting of the investment and infrastructure department that the Government of India was scouting for a location to set up another major port & shipyard.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah addressed a letter to Tata's Chairman Ratan Tata
offering to allocate required land in Srikurmam for setting up Tata’s Titanium refinery. Raw material for the refinery is available in the region,Mr.Rosaiah told Mr.Ratan Tata.

Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation has proposed to develop Kalinga beache to make them the best tourism destination in the country with Rs. 1.3 crore sanctioned recently by the Union Tourism Ministry under the Central Financial Assistance scheme.District Collector N. Srikanth and District in charge tourism officer D. Ramesh have prepared an action plan for the development of Kalinga beache.

The Government has also prepared plans for the improvement of facilities in the Buddhist site located at Salihundam. A sum of Rs. 83 lakhs will be spent on the development of site says Collector Mr. Srikanth.

List of Companies

• Sea Gold Aqua Farms (P) Ltd at Korni Korlam
• Transworld Garnet India (P) Ltd at Sathivada
• Trimex Sands India (P) Ltd at Vatsavalasa
• Salihundam Mineral Water (P) Ltd at Salihundam
• YSR Mineral Water (P) Ltd at Gara

List of Educational Institutes

• District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) at Vomaravalli
• Sarada Institute of Science & Technology & Management(SISTM) at Ampolu
• National Institute of Information Technology(NIIT) at Gara

Temples and Festivals

• Srikurmam is a well knownn Sri Kurmanadha Swamy Temple.
• Salihundam
  Salihundam
  Salihundam is a village and panchayat in Gara Mandal of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh, India.It is a famous Buddhist Remnants site situated on the south bank of River Vamsadhara at a distance of 5 kilometers west of Kalingapatnam and 18 kilometers from Srikakulam town.It was known as...
  
   is an ancient buddhist pilgrimage centre.
• Madhina Baba Darga is located at Kalingapatnam

Political Leaders

• ZPTC - Marpu Dharma Rao - INC
• MPP - Gondu Raghu Ram - INC
• VMPP - Suggu Lakshmi Devi - INC
• SARPANCH - Potnuru Krishna Murthy - INC

List of MPTC Members:

• Gara - Arangi Venugopala Rao - INC
• Korni Korlam - Yagalla Pattabiraminaidu - INC
• Salihundam - Konkyana Adinarayana - TDP
• Buravalli - Malla Agneya - TDP
• Vomaravilli - Suggu Lakshmi Devi - INC
• Tulugu - Koyyana China Kuramayya - INC
• Sathivada - Allu Sanjeevi - INC
• Vatsavalasa - Perla Korlamma - TDP
• Calingapatnam-I - Ginne Appalareddy - INC
• Calingapatnam-II- Guntu Meenakshi INC
• Bandaruvanipeta - Ganagalla Lakshmayya - INC
• Ampolu-I - Gondu Raghuram - INC
• Ampolu-II - Bantupalli Appa Rao - INC
• Ampolu-III - Bhyri Bharathi - TDP
• Srikurmam-I - Merugu Anasuya - INC
• Srikurmam-II - Kybadi Raju - INC
• Srikurmam-III - Golivi Lakshmi - INC
• Srikurmam-IV - Chidapana Rajamma - TDP
• Gonti - Panchireddy Satyavathi - TDP
• Wadada - Ch Venkataramanamurty - INC
• Ramachandrapuram- Ambati Chakradhararao - TDP

Villages and Panchayats

There are 24 village panchayats in Kalingapatnam Mandal.

• Amballavalasa (village and panchayat)
• Ampolu (village and panchayat)
• Balarampuram (village and panchayat)
• Bandaruvanipeta (village and panchayat)
• Boravanipeta (village and panchayat)
• Buravalli (village and panchayat)
• Kalingapatnam (panchayat and mandal headquarters)
• Gara (village and panchayat)
• Gonti (village and panchayat)
• K.Sairagam (village and panchayat)
• Korlam (village and panchayat)
• Korni (village and panchayat)
• Matchelesam (village and panchayat)
• Nizambad (village and panchayat)
• Poosarlapadu (village and panchayat)
• Ramachandrapuram (village and panchayat)
• Salihundam
  Salihundam
  Salihundam is a village and panchayat in Gara Mandal of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh, India.It is a famous Buddhist Remnants site situated on the south bank of River Vamsadhara at a distance of 5 kilometers west of Kalingapatnam and 18 kilometers from Srikakulam town.It was known as...
  
   (village and panchayat)
• Sathivada (village and panchayat)
• Srikurmam (village and panchayat)
• Thonangi (village and panchayat)
• Tulugu (village and panchayat)
• Vadada (village and panchayat)
• Vatchavalasa (village and panchayat)
• Vomaravalli (village and panchayat)