Palasa and Kasibugga are twin towns. And Palasa is a Mandal

Subdivisions of India

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 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

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 in India

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It is located on the National Highway 5

National Highway 5 (India)

National Highway 5 is a major National Highway in India that runs along India's east coast through the states of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The northern terminal is at Jharpokharia in Orissa and the southern terminal is at Chennai in Tamil Nadu...

 between 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...

 and Berhampur

Berhampur

Brahmapur , nicknamed "The Silk City", is a city located in the eastern coastline of Ganjam district of the Indian state of Orissa, about south to state capital, Bhubaneswar.It is also dubbed as "The Dance City" of Orissa after Prince Dance Group and Harihar Das made the state famous in India's...

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Geography

Palasa is located at 18.46N 84.25E. It has an average elevation of 38 meters (127 feet).

Features

• Palasa-Kasibugga is the center of cashew
  Cashew
  The cashew is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae. Its English name derives from the Portuguese name for the fruit of the cashew tree, caju, which in turn derives from the indigenous Tupi name, acajú. It is now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.-Etymology:The...
  
   industries in the Srikakulam district. There are around 200 cashew processing industries around Palasa town, the highest amongst the five north east coastal districts (together contains only 36 units). These twin towns are the largest cashew producing towns of Andhra Pradesh and are among the largest processing centres in 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...
  
  . Cashew industry is providing direct and indirect employment to about 15,000 people in the surrounding areas.

• The Community Health Centre, Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad
  Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad
  Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad is one of the divisions of Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department of Andhra Pradesh Government, India....
  
   is located here. It has bed strength of 50 in-patients.

• The railway station is common for both the towns. Even though the station is named as "Palasa" it is located in Kasibugga. This station is one of the railway stations with highest revenue in Khurda division of East Coast Railway
  East Coast Railway
  The East Coast Railway is one of the sixteen railway zones of Indian Railways came into existence from 1 April 2003.The geographical jurisdiction of this railway zone extends over three states encompressing almost all parts of Orissa along with parts of Srikakulam, Vizainagaram and Visakhapatnam...
  
   zone.

Palasa is second largest town in srikakulam district.palasa population is 70,000. Palasa has now become an assembly segment.
Palasa has a well transport fecility from all big cities. Palasa has an average literacy rate of 69% with second place in srikakulam district.There are two post offices each in Palasa and Kasibugga

There are around six to seven film theatres in the town including a first class A/C theatre with dolby dts and other features.

Schools and Colleges

Palasa-Kasibugga has good educational infrastructure for a Tier - 4 city. St. Francis De'sales school is the best english medium school in the town. Other notable schools include Grace Convent School, Little Angels and BET. There is a good Zilla Parishad High School and Rly Mixed High School as well, with a big ground.

There are two engineering colleges in the town and lot of other degree colleges, both government and private. These form the hub for studies for all the villages surrounding the town.sbsym.degree college and narayana dora college and prajna college and pratiba college and saisirisha college and shiridi sai college govt.college, prajna engineering college and sivarama krishna engineering college.

One of the degree colleges is S.B.S.Y.M Degree College, most popular in District Srikakulam.

Assembly constituency

Palasa is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Palasa, Mandasa

Mandasa

Mandasa is a village and a Mandal in Srikakulam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.Mandasa mandal is bordered by Sompeta mandal on the North, Palasa mandal on the South, Orissa state on the West and Bay of Bengal on the East.-Geography:...

 and Vajrapu Kotturu

Vajrapu Kotturu

Vajrapu-kotturu or Vajrapu-kothuru is a village and a Mandal in Srikakulam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.Vajrapukotturu mandal is bordered by Mandasa, Palasa, Nandigam and Santha Bommali mandals of Srikakulam district and has a long coastline off Bay of...

 mandals comes under this jurisdiction.

Villages and Panchayats

There are 19 village panchayats in Palasa Mandal.

• Allukola (village and panchayat)
• Amalakhudia (village and panchayat)
• Bantu Kotturu (village and panchayat)
• Boddapadu (village and panchayat)
• Brahmana Tharla (village and panchayat)
• Laxmi Puram (village )
• chinabadam (village and municipality) with 4000 population
• vajrapukotturu (village and panchayat)
• Chinanchala (village and panchayat)
• Garudugandi (village and panchayat)
• Grudasupuram (village and panchayat)
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• Laxmipuram
  Laxmipuram
  Laxmipuram is a small village in Palasa mandal,srikakulam district Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the developing villages in Mandasa Mandal. Most of the people in this village are farmers,government employees....
  
  (village and panchayat)
• sasanam ramarao.b (village and panchayat)
• Lotturu (village and panchayat)
• Mamidimettu (village and panchayat)
• Neelavathi (village and panchayat)
• Peda Makanapalli (village and panchayat)
• Pedanchala (village and panchayat)
• Rentikota (village and panchayat)
• Tekkalipatnam (village and panchayat)
• Tharlakota (village and panchayat)
• Garuda Bhadra(Village and Panchayat)
• Metturu (village and Panchayithi) Damodar
• Vonkuluru (village and Panchayithi) Rama Rao Jogulu Guntu lives in Vonkuluru,Shivalayam street.

• Ankapalli (village and Panchayithi)

Bapu Nagar (village and Panchayithi)