Chodavaram, Visakhapatnam

Chodavaram, Visakhapatnam
చోడవరం
Chodavaram
—  city  —
చోడవరం
Chodavaram
Location of చోడవరం
Chodavaram
in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates 17°50′00″N 82°57′00″E / 17.8333°N 82.9500°E / 17.8333; 82.9500Coordinates: 17°50′00″N 82°57′00″E / 17.8333°N 82.9500°E / 17.8333; 82.9500
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District(s) [Visakhapatnam district
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

• Elevation

• 39 metres (128 ft)

Chodavaram (Telugu: చోడవరం) is a major village and mandal in the Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Geography

Chodavaram is located at 17°50′00″N 82°57′00″E / 17.8333°N 82.9500°E / 17.8333; 82.9500.[1] It has an average elevation of 39 meters (131 feet). It is well connected to the nearest city and district headquarters- Visakhapatnam(46KM). There are city buses operating at very good frequency. Nearest Railway station is at Anakapalli(18KM).

History

In 1941 Chodavaram had a population of 8,379.[2]

As per historian texts, the name of this village was "Chola Varam". The Chola Dynasty (300BC to 1279AD) which was ruling Tamil Nadu and Coastal Andhra Pradesh is having "Chola Varam" as their border post to enter into "Gajapathi Kingdom" of Orissa As the time passed, the name was changed to "Chodavaram".

Features

Population is more than 1,00,000(The main occupation of the population is cultivation in both commercial and food crops.

Chodavaram has three distinctive old temples of Swayambhu Gowreeswara (Lord shiva), Swayambhu Bala Ganapathi and Keshava swamy(Lord Vishnu).

Major industry is Jaggery and most of the sugarcane is used for sugar production.

There is a sugar factory under cooperative sector (The Chodavram Co-Operative Sugars) at Govada village, comes under Chodavaram mandalam (division).

Legislative Assembly

Chodavaram is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,54,712 registered voters in Chodavaram constituency in 1999 elections.

List of Elected Members:

  • 1951 - Kandarpa Venkataramesam (Cong) - Brahmin
  • 1955 - Reddi Jagannadham Naidu(Cong)- Velama
  • 1967 - Sri Vechalapu Palavelly (Cong)-Velama
  • 1972 - Sri Vechalapu Palavelly (Cong)-Velama
  • 1978 - Emani Seetha Rama Sastry (Janata Party)- Brahmin
  • 1983 - Gunuru Erri Naidu (Milatri Naidu) (TDP)- Velama
  • 1985 - Gunuru Erri Naidu (Milatri Naidu) (TDP)- Velama
  • 1989 - Balireddi Satya Rao (Cong)-Kapu
  • 1994 - Gunuru Erri Naidu (Milatri Naidu) (TDP)-Velama
  • 1999 - Balireddi satya Rao (Cong)- kapu
  • 2004 - Ganta Srinivasa Rao (TDP, now resigned and joined PRP)- Kapu
  • 2008 - Vacant (as Ganta Srinivasa Rao resigned as MLA and joined PRP)
  • 2009 - KSNS Raju (TDP)- Kshatriya (Raju)

The disadavantage of this process of Electorate in Chodavaram is, the people in this assembly area are electing leader who is from different party than who is ruling the state Government. This is happening from 1989 and impacting development of this area.

Panchayats

There are 32 panchayats in Chodavaram mandal.[3]

  • Adduru (village and panchayat)
  • Amberupuram (village and panchayat)
  • Ankupalem (village and panchayat)
  • Bennavolu (village and panchayat)
  • Bhogapuram (village and panchayat)
  • Chakipalle (village and panchayat)
  • Chodavaram (panchayat and mandal headquarters)
  • Damunapalle (village and panchayat)
  • Duddupalem (village and panchayat)
  • G.Jagannadhapuram (village and panchayat)
  • Gajapathinagaram (village and panchayat)
  • Gandhavaram (village and panchayat)
  • Gandhigram (village and panchayat)
  • Gavaravaram (village and panchayat)
  • Govada (village and panchayat)
  • Gowripatnam (village and panchayat)
  • Jannavaram (village and panchayat)
  • Juttada (village and panchayat)
  • Kannampalem (village and panchayat)
  • Khandipalle (village and panchayat)
  • Lakkavaram (village and panchayat)
  • Laxmipuram (village and panchayat)
  • Muddurthi (village and panchayat)
  • Mycherlapalem (village and panchayat)
  • Narasayyapeta (village and panchayat)
  • Narsapuram (village and panchayat)
  • Rayapurajupeta (village and panchayat)
  • Seemunapalle (village and panchayat)
  • Simhadripuram (village and panchayat)
  • Sreerampatnam (village and panchayat)
  • Thimmannapalem (village and panchayat)
  • Venkannapalem (village and panchayat)

Schools

  • Bharathi Public School
  • Ravi convent
  • Adams Public School
  • Sri Vignan Public School
  • Little Angels School
  • Mahathi Public School
  • Santhinikethan public School,

References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics.Chodavaram
  2. ^ Columbia-Lippincott Gazeteer. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 403
  3. ^ Details of Andhra Pradesh till Village Panchayat Tier

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