Gara, Srikakulam

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Gara
type = Village
locator_position = kornivillage
latd = 18.3333
longd = 84.0500
population_total =
state_name = Andhra Pradesh
district = Srikakulam
taluk_names = Gara
area_telephone =
postal_code = 532 405
footnotes =

Gara is a village and a Mandal in Srikakulam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. [cite web
url=http://panchayat.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumR.asp?selstate=0201000000&ptype=B&button1=Submit
title=Mandals in Srikakulam district
publisher=Panchayat Informatics Division.
accessdate=2007-03-05 ]

Geography

Gara is located at coord|18.3333|N|84.0500|E. [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/2/Gara.html Falling Rain Genomics.Gara] ] It has an average elevation of 21 meters (72 feet).

Features

*Kalingapatnam village is a beach resort in Gara mandal and also meeting place of River Vamsadhara to Bay of Bengal. Kalingapatnam is one of the closest beaches to Srikakulam town.

*Salihundam is an ancient buddhist pilgrimage centre.
*Srikurmam is famous Kurmanadha Temple.
*There is a post office at Gara.
*Tulug is a village with 100 population and there is no power . the education % is only 10% . Now it is in development stage where people are showing interest to steady but there is no support for them.
*Famous Kanaka Durga(Konnamma)Temple is located at Korni village.The festival of Dasara for Konnamma is celebrated here every year and special pujas are performed. A large number of pilgrims attend the colourful celebrations.

Villages and Panchayats

There are 24 village panchayats in Gara Mandal. [ [http://panchayat.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumR.asp?selstate=0201020000&ptype=V&button1=Submit Details of Andhra Pradesh till Village Panchayat Tier] ]
*Amballavalasa (village and panchayat)
*Ampolu (village and panchayat)
*Balarampuram (village and panchayat)
*Bandaruvanipeta (village and panchayat)
*Boravanipeta (village and panchayat)
*Buravalli (village and panchayat)
*Calingapatnam (village and panchayat)
*Gara (village, panchayat and mandal headquarters)
*Gonti (village and panchayat)
*K.Sairagam (village and panchayat)
*Korlam (village and panchayat)
* [http://ourvillageindia.org/Place.aspx?PID=14640 Korni] (village and panchayat)

*Matchelesam (village and panchayat)
*Nizambad (village and panchayat)
*Poosarlapadu (village and panchayat)
*Ramachandrapuram (village and panchayat)
*Salihundam (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)

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