Bobbili
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Bobbili is a town, mandal headquarters and a Municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in Vizianagaram district
Vizianagaram district
Vizianagaram district , also known as Vijayanagaram district is one of the northern coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. Vizianagaram town is the district headquarters...

 in the 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...

n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

.

Geography

Bobbili is located at 18.5667°N 83.3667°E. It has an average elevation of 103 metres (337 feet).

History

The town and kingdom of Bobbili was founded during the 17th century by Pedda Rayudu, the 15th descendant of the Rajah of Venkatagiri
Venkatagiri
Venkatagiri is the fourth largest town and municipality in Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.Venkatagiri's old name is "Kali Mili".It is famous for its Handloom Cotton Sarees. Venkatagiri is a place for history and handlooms. It was part of a small kingdom that was integrated...

. The town was originally named "Pedda-puli" ("The Big Tiger") after Sher Muhammad Khan, the Nawab of 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...

 who granted it as a gift to the maharajah of Venkatgiri for his services in his southern campaigns. However, with time, the town became known as "Pebbuli", then "Bebbuli" and finally "Bobbili".

Battle of Bobbili

The battle of Bobbili
The battle of Bobbili
The battle of Bobbili and the attack on fort of Bobbili on January 23, 1757, is a significant historical event in southern India, particularly in state of Andhra Pradesh...

 in 1750, is one of the significant episodes in the history of the state of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

. Vizianagaram
Vizianagaram
Vizianagaram is the main city of the Vizianagaram District of north-eastern Andhra Pradesh in southern India. Vizianagaram district was formed on 1 June 1979, with some parts carved from the neighbouring districts of Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam. It is, at present, the largest municipality of...

 kings won the war with the help of French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 General Marquis de Bussy. This battle gave the glamour of eternal bravery to Bobbili name.
B sreenivas rao is maharaaja of bobbili.

Demographics

During British India it had a population of 17,387 in 1901.

India census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Bobbili had a population of 50,140. Males constitute 50% of the population (25,044) and females 50% (25,096). Bobbili has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 71% and female literacy of 56%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Bobbili mandal had a population of 1,16,205 in 2001. Males constitute 57,912 and females 58,293 of the population. The average literacy rate of the mandal population is 59%. Male literacy rate is 71% and that of females 47%.

Educational institutions

Bobbili is known for its quality educaion.
An age old college in the form of Rajah R.S.R.K. Ranga Rao College (1962)
and even older school in the form of Samsthanam High School (1864)
  1. Abhyudaya High School(1981)
  2. Vijetha High School.
  3. Rajah R.S.R.K. Ranga Rao College
    Rajah R.S.R.K. Ranga Rao College
    Rajah R.S.R.K. Ranga Rao College is one of the premier educational institution in Bobbili.His Highness Sree Ravu Swetha Chalapathi Rama Krishna Ranga Rao Bahudur, was the Rajah of Bobbili estate and premier of Madras Combined State. The people of Bobbili established this college in his name in 1962...

    , Bobbili (1962).
  4. R.C.M. ST Thomas High school.
  5. Samsthanam High School or Anglo-Vernacular School, Bobbili (1864).
  6. Vasu Junior College
  7. Shiridi Sai Degree College
  8. Sri Satya Sai junior and degree college.
  9. Seventh-Day Adventist English Medium High School, Bobbili (1980).
  10. Thandra paparaya Polytechnic,Komatipalli,Bobbili(1998)
  11. Thandra Paparaya Institute of Science and Technology, Komatipalli (2001).
  12. Gokul Institute of Science and Technology, Piridi (2002).
  13. APRS School.
  14. IRIS Public School.
  15. SRI VENKATESWARA EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY
  16. Potti Sri Ramulu Municipal High School.
  17. Sri Chaitanya Vidya Nikethan,sainagar
  18. C.B.M.Girls High School
  19. Vidwan junior and Degree College
  20. Samsthanam High school
  21. bhashyam public school
  22. narayanaetechnoschol
  23. narayana junior college
  24. ravindra bharati school
  25. Gayatri high school&convent(1995)
  26. Gayatri junior college(2005)
  27. Sri Lakshmi Medical Lab Technology Institute

Parliamentary Constituency

Bobbili is a parliamentary constituency in Indian Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

.
It had 9,70,612 voters during the elections, held during April–May 2004 for the 14th Lok Sabha
14th Lok Sabha
The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the Indian general election, 2004 held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of First Manmohan Singh Cabinet...

.

List of Members of Parliament:
  • 1971 - Karri Narayana Rao
    Karri Narayana Rao
    Karri Narayana Rao, better known as K. Narayana Rao M.A.., M.L. is an Indian lawyer and parliament member. He has elected to the 4th and 5th Lok Sabha from Bobbili constituency and held the office from 1967 to 1977.-Brief life sketch:...

  • 1977 and 1980 - Pusapati Vijaya Rama Gajapati Raju
  • 1984 and 1991 - Dr. Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju
  • 1989 - Kemburi Ramamohan Rao
    Kemburi Ramamohan Rao
    Kemburi Ramamohan Rao M.A. is an Indian parliament member.He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Bobbili constituency in 1989 as a member of Telugu Desam Party.He was born at Purli of Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh on 12 October 1949...

  • 1996 - Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu
    Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu
    Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu was a member of the 11th,12th and 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Bobbili constituency of Andhra Pradesh and was a member of the Telugu Desam Party political party....

  • 1998 - Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu
    Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu
    Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu was a member of the 11th,12th and 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Bobbili constituency of Andhra Pradesh and was a member of the Telugu Desam Party political party....

  • 1999 - Botcha Satyanarayana
  • 2004 - Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu
    Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu
    Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu was a member of the 11th,12th and 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Bobbili constituency of Andhra Pradesh and was a member of the Telugu Desam Party political party....

  • 2006 - Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi


Since 2009 Bobbili Parliamentary Constituency no longer exists and is replaced with Vizianagaram Parliamentary Constituency.

Assembly Constituency

Bobbili is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,20,173 registered voters in this constituency in 1999 elections.

List of Members of Legislative Assembly:
  • 1951 - Kolli Venkata Kurmi Naidu
  • 1955 - Kotagiri Sitha Ramaswamy.
  • 1962 - Tentu Lakshmi Naidu.
  • 1967 - Ramakrishna Ranga Rao
    Ramakrishna Ranga Rao
    Raja Sri Ravu Svetachalupati Sir Ramakrishna Ranga Rao KCIE was an Indian politician and zamindar who served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from November 5, 1932 to April 4, 1936 and August 24, 1936 to April 1, 1937.Ramakrishna Ranga Rao was born in the royal family of Bobbili...

    .
  • 1972 - Ch. Venkata Krishna Rao.
  • 1978 - Kolli Venkata Kurmi Naidu
  • 1983 - Sambangi Venkata Chinna Appala Naidu
  • 1985 - Sambangi Venkata Chinna Appala Naidu
  • 1989 - Peddinti Jagan Mohan Rao
  • 1994 - Sambangi Venkata Chinna Appala Naidu
  • 1999 - Peddinti Jagan Mohan Rao
  • 2004 - Venkata Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao
  • 2009 - Venkata Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao

Industries

Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation
Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation
Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd also known as APIIC is part of the Andhra Pradesh Government initiatives with the objective of providing industrial infrastructure through development of industrial areas....

 has set up
Industrial Development area at Bobbili in 2008.

Nearly 200 units will be set up in an area of over 1,000 acres of land. The stage government has spent about Rs. 20 crore is on infrastructure like roads, water supply, power transmission including a 33 KV sub-station.

The major projects in the pipeline include B.K. Steels, Vizag Profiles and Ferro Alloys. The Growth Centre has a potential to employ 10,000 people directly and a few thousands indirectly through the ancillary industries.

Features

  • Bobbili Railway junction is in Visakhapatnam 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...

    , Indian Railways
    Indian Railways
    Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....

    . It is Located at Mallampeta which is named after the goddess Mallamma.Mallamma lake is locaetd near to Railway Station.It is located in the Vizianagaram
    Vizianagaram
    Vizianagaram is the main city of the Vizianagaram District of north-eastern Andhra Pradesh in southern India. Vizianagaram district was formed on 1 June 1979, with some parts carved from the neighbouring districts of Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam. It is, at present, the largest municipality of...

    -Raipur railway line. There is a Broad-gauze branch railway line between Bobbili and Salur
    Salur
    Salur or Saluru is a Municipality and Mandal headquarters in Vizianagaram district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh...

    .

  • Andhra Bank
    Andhra Bank
    Andhra Bank was registered on 20 November 1923 and commenced business on 28 November 1923 with a paid up capital of Rs 1.00 lakh and an authorised capital of Rs 10.00 lakhs. The Bank crossed many milestones and the Bank's Total Business as on 30.06.2008 stood at Rs.83,256 Crores with a Clientele...

     and State Bank of India
    State Bank of India
    The State Bank of India is the largest Indian banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Mumbai, India. It is state-owned. The bank traces its ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest...

     has branches at Bobbili.

  • Axis Bank
    Axis Bank
    Axis Bank Limited, formerly UTI Bank, is a financial services firm that had begun operations in 1994, after the Government of India allowed new private banks to be established...

     also opened one branch in Bobbili.

  • Central Bank Branch located in near Thandra PapaRaya Statue.

  • Union bank at old bus stand.

  • There is a Head post office
    Post office
    A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...

     at Bobbili and another post office at Piridi
    Piridi
    Piridi is a Major Panchayat village in Bobbili Mandal of Vizianagaram District in Andhra Pradesh, India.-Demographics:According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of this village is as follows:* Total Population: 5,366 in 1,313 Households....

    .

  • I.O.B.,bank located balijipeta road, opp: b.s.n.l.office.

  • Two state bank,one Union bank of India,one axis bank and one andhra bank A.T.M.s are there.

Villages and Panchayats

According to the District Statistics, there are 44 revenue village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

s and 31 Village Panchayats in Bobbili mandal.
  • 1.Alajangi (village and panchayat)
  • 2.Bankuruvalasa (revenue village)
  • 3.Bhojarajapuram (revenue village)
  • 4.Bhurjavalasa (revenue village)
  • 5.Bobbili (Municipality and Mandal headquarters)
  • 6.Bubhandavalasa (revenue village)
  • 7.Ch. Boddavalasa (village and panchayat)
  • 8.Chintada
    Chintada
    Chintada is a village located in Bobbili mandal of the Vizianagaram district , Andhra Pradesh State in India.-Demographics:According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Chintada village is as follows:...

     (village and panchayat)
  • 9.Chinthalavanipeta @ Janardhana Rangarayapuram (revenue village)
  • 10.Dibbagudivalasa(Ranga raya puram) (panchayat)
  • 11.Donguruvalasa (revenue village)
  • 12.Gollapalli (revenue village)
  • 13.Gongadavalasa (panchayat)
  • 14.Gopalarayudupeta (village and panchayat)
  • 15.Gorla Sitaramapuram (village and panchayat)
  • 16.Gunna thota valasa (revenue village)
  • 17.J.Rangarayapuram @ K.V.Palem (village and panchayat)
  • 18.Jagannadhapuram (village and panchayat)
  • 19.Kalavarai (village and panchayat)
  • 20.Kammavalasa (village and panchayat)
  • 21.Karada (village and panchayat)
  • 22.Kasidoravalasa (village and panchayat)
  • 23.Kinthalavalasa (panchayat)
  • 24.Komatipalli (village and panchayat)
  • 25.Kondadevupalli (village and panchayat)
  • 26.Kotha Penta (panchayat)
  • 27.Krishnapuram (village and panchayat)
    Krishnapuram (village and panchayat)
    Krishnapuram village is just 4km far from Bobbili, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh State. It was famous for orthopaedic surgeons and milk vendors. It is very peaceful village. You can find lot number of milk vendors who will tie their milk cans to bicycles and sell it to hotels and home in...

  • 28.Lingammavalasa (revenue village)
  • 29.M.Boorjavalasa (panchayat)
  • 30.Mallampeta (revenue village)
  • 31.Mettavalasa (village and panchayat)
  • 32.Muttavalasa (revenue village)
  • 33.Narayanappavalasa
    Narayanappavalasa
    Narayanappavalasa is a village and panchayat in Bobbili mandal, Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, India.There is a railway station at Narayanappavalasa in the Bobbili-Salur branch railway line. Daily rail bus services are operated between these stations....

     (village and panchayat)
  • 34.Nimmalapadu (revenue village)
  • 35.Pakki (village and panchayat)
  • 36.Pankuvalasa (revenue village)
  • 37.Paradhi
    Paradhi
    Paradi or Paradhi is a village and Gram panchayat in Bobbili mandal of Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh, India.Paradhi Anicut in this village irrigates about 33.11 km² of land....

     (village and panchayat)
  • 38.Patha Bobbili (revenue village)
  • 39.Penta
    Penta
    -Places:* Penta , an Italian hamlet of Fisciano * Penta di Casinca, a French municipality of Corsica* Penta, Chhattisgarh, a town in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, India* Penta , a small river in Lithuania-Entertainment:...

     (village and panchayat)
  • 40.Piridi
    Piridi
    Piridi is a Major Panchayat village in Bobbili Mandal of Vizianagaram District in Andhra Pradesh, India.-Demographics:According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of this village is as follows:* Total Population: 5,366 in 1,313 Households....

     (village and panchayat)
  • 41.Rajupeta (revenue village)
  • 42.Ramuduvalasa (village and panchayat)
  • 43.Rangarayapuram (village and panchayat)
  • 44.Seethayyapeta (village and panchayat)
  • 45.Sivadavalasa
    Sivadavalasa
    Sivadavalasa is a village and panchayat in Bobbili mandal, Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, India....

    (village and panchayat)
  • 46.Vakadavalasa (revenue village)
  • 47.Velagalavalasa (village and panchayat)
  • 48.Venkatarayudupeta (revenue village)
  • 49.Viziarampuram (revenue village)
  • 50.Yembannavalasa (revenue village)

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