Ramachandrapuram is a village and a municipality

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 in East Godavari district in the India

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 of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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. It is located about 20 km from Kakinada

Kakinada

Kakinada is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located east of the state capital, Hyderabad. It is also the headquarters of East Godavari district. It is nicknamed "Fertilizer City" , "Pensioner's Paradise" and "Second Madras"...

 and about 10 km from Mandapeta

Mandapeta

Mandapeta is a town and a municipality in East Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.Mandapeta was originally called "Mandavyapuram", and it got that name because of Sage Mandukya who is supposed to have stayed at this place for sometime...

. The famous temple of Lord Shiva at Draksharamam is located about 5 km from here. The present MLA of this constituency is Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose from Hasanbada ( 2004 to 2009 and 2009–present).

Geography

Ramachandrapuram is located at 16.85°N 82.02°E. It has an average elevation of 10 metre

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s (32 feet).and the present municipal chair person of this town is Panthagada.jeevana jyothi

Ramachandrapuram mandal

Mandal

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 consists of the following villages:

1. Ramachandrapuram
   Ramachandrapuram
   Rama-chandra-puram is a census town in Medak district, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a predominantly agricultural area in the hot and humid coastal region of the state.-Demographics:...
   
   
2. Ambikapalli Agraharam
3. AnnayaPeta
4. Adapa vari savaram
5. Bhimakrosupalem
6. Chodavaram
   Chodavaram
   Chodavaram may refer to :*Chodavaram, Visakhapatnam, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India*Chodavaram, Krishna, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India*Chodavaram, East Godavari, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India...
   
   
7. Draksharamam / Draksharama
8. HasanBada
9. Jagannayakulapalem
10. Kandulapalem
    Kandulapalem
    Kandulapalem or Kandula Palem is a village located in Ramachandrapuram mandal in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.Agriculture is the mainstay for the entire village....
    
    
11. Kapavaram
12. Narasaraopeta
13. Oduru
14. Tadipalli
15. Thotapeta
16. Utrumilli
17. Vegayammapeta
    Vegayammapeta
    Vegayammapeta is a village in the municipality of Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.-Geography:Vegayammapeta is 2 km east of Draksharama, on the road to Yanam.-Religion:...
    
    
18. Velampalem
19. Vella
    Vella
    Vella is a municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History:While there is some evidence of a late Bronze Age settlement and coins from the 3rd and 4th Centuries have been found, Vella is first mentioned about 840 as ad sanctum Vincentium [...] in valle...
    
    
20. Venkatayapalem
21. Vunduru
22. Yanamadala
23. Yerupalli
24. Tamarapalli
25. Malapadu

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Ramachandrapuram had a population of 41,279. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Ramachandrapuram has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 66%. In c, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Ramachandrapuram is an agricultural area, with number of Educational Institutions.

Main crops : Rice and sugarcane . Number of Rice Mills, Sarvaraya Sugars, Artos Soft Drinks,
Artos Breweries are main industries.

Notable Educational Institutions in Ramachandrapuram:

1. Krittiventi Perraju Pantulu National School is more than 100 years old, which was established from the donations given by Krittiventi Perraju Pantulu.

2. In the year 1966 popular congress leader Vundavilli Satyanarayana Murty (Rayavaram Munsiff)collected donations from many people and established
VSM College. At the time of establishment, it was called as "Ramachandrapuram College", which was later rechristened as VSM college.
VSM college offers a number of courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. It recently started engineering courses also.

3. KITS engineering college

4. Agriculture polytechnic college

5. Modern Educational Institutions.