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Narsipatnam — town — Coordinates 17°40′N 82°37′E / 17.67°N 82.62°ECoordinates: 17°40′N 82°37′E / 17.67°N 82.62°E Country India State Andhra Pradesh District(s) Visakhapatnam Population 32,483 (2001[update]) Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Area
• 58 metres (190 ft)
Narsipatnam (Telugu: నర్సీపట్నం; also called as Narasipattanam) is a census town in Visakhapatnam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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Geography
Narsipatnam is located at 17°40′N 82°37′E / 17.67°N 82.62°E[1]. It has an average elevation of 58 metres (190 feet).
Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census[2], Narsipatnam had a population of 32,483. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Narsipatnam has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 58%. In Narsipatnam, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Notable Facts
- Narsipatnam railway station is called 'Narsipatnam Road', located on Howrah-Chennai main railway line.
- The Area Hospital, Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad has 100 bed in-patients facility.[3]
- Narsipatnam bus depot has 95 RTC buses and 25 Hired buses serving around 120,000 thousand people daily to the nuke and corner of the villages. Now a reguler service to Hyderabad directly operating with new Super Luxury Bus.
- Alluri Sita Rama Raju a famous freedom fighter did his freedom struggle from this place.
- Near by Narsipatnam a hill known as Ballighatham located on the bank side of the lake "Uththaravahini" is the home of rich Indian culture, tradition and famous for temples of goddess lakshmi and Lord shiva.
- near by narsipatnam makavarapalem mandal is 12 km from narsipatnam one engineering collage is there. and also famous and prestagious alumina company zindal was recently established.
- near narsipatnam town which is nakkapalli is there.which as 24 km from narsipatnam . it is famous for handicrafts area called as yetikoappaka village is there. here beautiful beach is there called revupoalavaram . now it is going to significance for port. zindal and.. one us based company startede to exports their products to various countries by port.
- Jawahar Ideal School is the first private school started in 1971 by Mr. Francis Eleti in Narsipatnam Town.
Legislative Assembly
Narsipatnam is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,50,139 registered voters in Narsipatnam constituency in 1999 elections. Don BosCos English Medium School ,Sarada English Medium School are one of the best and oldest schools in the Narsipatnam. Narsipatnam is also known as NRPM.
- Narsipatnam is one of the beautiful cities in Andhrapradesh.There are four theaters in Narsipatnam Kanya,sai sri-kanya,kanya mini,sri kanya.
List of Elected Members:[4]
- 1967 - S.S.Raju.[5]
- 1978 - Bolem Gopatrudu
- 1989 - Raja Sagi Krishnamurthy Raju
- 1983, 1985, 1994, 1999 and 2004 - Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu
- 2009 - Bolem Muthyala Papa
Panchayats
There are 12 village panchayats in Narsipatnam mandal.[6]
- Amalapuram (village and panchayat)
- Balighattam (village and panchayat)
- Chettupalle (village and panchayat)
- Dharmasagaram (village and panchayat)
- Gabbada (village and panchayat)
- Guramdora palem (village and panchayat)
- Narsipatnam (village and panchayat)
- Neelampeta (village and panchayat)
- Ordinary Laxmipuram (village and panchayat)
- Peda Boddepalle (village and panchayat)
- Vemulapudi (village and panchayat)
- Yerakannapalem (village and panchayat)
References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Narsipatnam
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ APVVP.Hospitals
- ^ Election Commission of India.A.P.Assembly results.1978-2004
- ^ Election Commission of India.A.P.Assembly results.1967
- ^ Details of Andhra Pradesh till Village Panchayat Tier
Categories:- Railway stations in Visakhapatnam district
- Mandals in Visakhapatnam district
- Cities and towns in Visakhapatnam district
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