Nidadavole is a town , railway junction, assembly constituency and a municipality

Municipality

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 in West Godavari district in the India

India

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 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...

. In Tretayuga it was called Niravadyapuram. A major canal from River Godavari

Godavari River

The Godavari is a river that runs from western to southern India and is considered to be one of the big river basins in India. With a length of 1465 km, it is the second longest river in India , that runs within the country and also the longest river in South India...

 passes through the town. The town is famous for a multitude of temples on the bank of the canal for which the bank is well known as "Chinna Kaasi Revu".

Temples with historical background like Golingeswaraalayam, Anjaneyaalayam, Someswaraalayam, Madanagopala Swamy Aalyam and the village deity (grama devata) Nangalamma Aalayam are spread in the centre of the town. There is a narration that Nangalamma wouldn't stay at her in-laws house which is located at Chinna Kaasi Revu and always goes back to her mother's place (Poori Gudi). Sri Kotasattemma Aalayam is also a very famous temple which is located in a village called Timmarajupalem, 2 KM away from the heart of the town.
Besides this we can also find large number of Masjids, Churches/prayer halls and a Jain temple which testifies for unity in diversity.

It was an important town prior to 1970, was a hub of commercial activities, transport(both road and canal), rice mills, etc.,. It was a revenue division in the district. Its decline started after the construction of road cum rail bridge at Rajahmundry and Siddantham bridge at Ravulapalem due to its topographical position, It lost its glory and neighbouring towns like Tanuku, Tadepalligudem emerged as nerve centers in the district of West Godavari as NH5 ran through them.

History

It was a fort surrounded by water bodies (Jaladurgam) of Eastern Chalukyan kings. Chalukya Bhima, the builder of Draksharama

Draksharama

Draksharama is one of the Pancharama Kshetras in South India. It is located approximately 28 km southwest of the city of Kakinada, in the East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh....

 Bhimeswara temple won this land from Rastrakutas, the then ruling dynasty. Veerabhadra Chalukya ,a ruler of this place married Rani Rudrama Devi

Rani Rudrama Devi

Rani Rudrama Devi was one of the most prominent rulers of the Kakatiya dynasty on the Deccan Plateau, being one of the few ruling queens in Indian history. She was born, as Rudramba, to King Ganapathideva...

, a prominent ruler and warrior princess of Kakatiya

Kakatiya

The Kakatiya dynasty was an Indian dynasty that ruled most parts of what is now Andhra Pradesh, India from 1083 CE to 1323 CE, with Orugallu , now Warangal , as its capital. Orugallu is also called 'Eka Sila Nagaram'...

 dynasty. It had 108 siva temples, many of them were totally destroyed by Md. Bin Tughlaq in 1323. Even today one can find the 6 feet destroyed sculptures of that age. A beautiful Nandi of 13th century placed in Sri Golingeswara temple discovered in School building construction. It has history erstwhile Rajahmundry's.

Temples

1. Samisragudem sivalayam

2. Golingeswara swami temple

3. Someswara swami temple

4. Anjaneya swami temple

5. Namgalamma temple

6. Sri Venkateswara Swami temple

7. Sri Kota Sattemma Ammavaru, Thimmaraju Palem

8. Sri Vasavi kanyaka paremeswari temple at chinna kasi revu

9. Ganesh temple,Pedda gandhi bomma centre

10.Durga Devi Temple, station road

11.Cluster of temples at Chinna Kasi Revu, etc.

12. Gayatri Devi Temple at China Kasi Revu
13. Jain Temple

14. Sri Madana Gopala Swamy Temple

15. Sri Sai Ganesh Ramalayam temple

16. Gayatri Temple

17. RCM Church
18. BETHANY PRAYER HOUSE NEAR ABS TOWN HALL.
19. Andhra Evangilical Luthern Church(AELC),CHURCHPET
20. G.D.M.Church
21.Bethelahem church
22.Young Men for Christ in India(YMCI),Youth ministry,which is organised for youth.

Centers

1. Ganapathi center

2. Nehru Bomma Center (opposite signal operated level crossing)

3. Pedda Gandhi bomma center

4. Potti Sree Ramulu bomma center

5. Paatimeeda (Ganesh Chowk) center

6. Venkateswara Theatre center (Bus stand center)

7. Nanaglamma Gudi center

8. Railway station center

9. Vidya nagar

10.Gandhinagar

11.Basivireddy peta
12.Jyothi colony

Transport

Nidadavole is an important railway junction in West Godavari district. A branch line goes to Tanuku from the main line between Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam. Recently it has been upgraded to computerised ticketing service and reservation facilities. Almost all express services between Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam stop here.

Haulage companies such as S.R.M.T.Ltd (Sri Ramadas Motor Transport Ltd) are the principal mode of public goods transport between towns in this area.

The Nidadavole overbridge of lengthe 700 mts was constructed between 1990 and 1992 it was never officially opened till date and is being used since 1992 without any lighting.

Before the road and train networks were in place, transport was dependent on water. The Nidadavole Wharf was quite famous then; over time the prominence of water transport has faded.

Hospitals

1. Govt Hospital
2. Susrutha Nursing Home
3. Dr. Jyothi Hospital near kalva gattu
4. Poornima Nursing Home
5. Amma Hospital
6. Surya Nursing Home
7. Dr.Sri Ram Murthy Hospital
8. Children's Hospital
9. Smt Rajeswari Ramakrishnana Lions Eye Hospital
10. Amrutha Hospital—reference vasu, ramnagar.
11. Murty Hospital - ENT specialist - reference Ramana, Old Town
12. Vemulapalli dental clinic,dr.raju's hospital compound,patimeeda'.
13. karim super specialty hospital ,near tvs showroom compound,patimeeda'.

Nidadavole Development

At the moment Nidadavole lagging behind in development. Towns near Nidadavole Rajahmundry, Tanuku , Tadepalligudeum are rapidly developing when compared to Nidadavole.

Schools

1. St Ambrose High School for Boys
2. St Ann's High SchoolBala
3. ZPH school for Girls
4. Bharathi Public School
5. N.T.R M high school
6. Montessori Public school
7. D.S.O.M.H.School
8. St. Ambrose high school
9. Vidya Deep school
10. L.L.R.M.H.School
11. Takkari baba elemantary school
12. Nagarjuna school sankarapuram
13. rajeev school nidadavolu
14. Ravindra Bharathi
15. Sasi English Medium School
16. Vaishnavi IIT olampiyad
17. Vignan Vidyalaya
18. Akshya talent school
19. Paradise digi school

Colleges

1. Govt.Junior College for Boys
2. Govt.Junior College for Girls
3. S.V.R.K Govt.Degree College for Men
4. S.V.D Degree College for Girls
5. Perousia Jr college
6. NAGARJUNA JUNIOR COLLEGE Sankarapuram
7. Vikas junior college Samisragudem
8. Vikas degree college Samisragudem

I T I

1. Sanjay Gandhi Memorial ITI

B.Ed College

1. Nagarjuna College for Education
2. Sruthi college of Education

Training Institutes

1. Prem Institute of Career Education

Panchayats

There are 16 village panchayats in Nidadavolu mandal.

• Samsrigudem (village and major panchayat)
• Purushothapalli (village and panchayat)
• Vijjeswaram (village and panchayat)
• D Muppavaram (village and panchayat)
• Pandalperu (village and panchayat)
• Brahamangudem (village and panchayat)
• Kamsalapalem (village and panchayat)
• Pendayala (village and panchayat)
• Kalavacharala (village and panchayat)
• Municipality (village and panchayat)
• Timmarajempalem (village and panchayat)
• Gopavaram (village and panchayat)
• Korupalli (village and panchayat)
• Singavaram (village and panchayat)
• Tadimalla (village and panchayat)
• Unakaramilli(village and panchayat)
• Katakoteswaram(village and panchayat)
• Korumamidi(village and panchayat)
• jeedigunta ( village and panchayat)
• Ravimetla (Village and panchayat)