Parvathipuram
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Parvathipuram is a town, 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...

 and Division 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 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

Parvathipuram is located at 18°46'N 83°25'E. It has an average elevation of 120 metres (396 feet).

Demographics

According to 1901 statistics, Parvathipuram Tahsil had an area of 799 square miles (2,069.4 km²) containing 498 villages. It was all Zamindari land partly belonging to the Belgam and Parvathipuram estates and partly to the Zamindars of Kurupam
Kurupam
Kurupam is a village and Mandal in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, India.-Geography:It is located at . It has an average altitude of 133 meters .-Demography:...

, Sangamvalsa and Merangi
Merangi
China Merangi is a village Jiyyammavalasa mandal in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, India.There is a post office at Merangi. The PIN code is 535 526.-Demographics:...

. Parvatipuram Tahsil has a population of 1,60,523 in 1901 compared to 1,57,014 in 1891. The Parvathipuram town had a population of 17,308 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...

, Parvathipuram had a population of 49,692. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Parvathipuram has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 57%. In Parvathipuram, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Parvathipuram mandal had a population of 1,07,919 in 2001. Males constitute 53,813 and females 54,106 of the population. The average literacy rate of the mandal population is 61%, that of males 73% and females 49%. There are 54 revenue villages and 26 panchayats in Parvathipuram mandal.

Revenue Division

Parvathipuram was a Subdivision of Vizagapatam district in Madras Presidency consisting of the Zamindari Tahsils of Parvatipuram, Bissamcuttack, Rayagada, Gunupur, Bobbili and Salur in 1901.

Parvathipuram revenue division in the present day Vizianagaram district consists of 15 of the 34 mandals. They are Badangi
Badangi
Badangi is a village and a Mandal in Vizianagaram district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.It is located on the connecting road between Ramabhadrapuram and Chilakapalem . It is about 43 kilometers from Vizianagaram city.-Demography:Badangi mandal has a population of 47,634 in 2001...

, Balijipeta
Balijipeta
Baliji-peta or Baligi-peta is a Village and Mandal headquarters, near Bobbili, in the Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, India.According to some historians, most of the people of Original Balija caste have migrated from this village.-Geography:...

, Bobbili
Bobbili
Bobbili is a town, mandal headquarters and a Municipality in Vizianagaram district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.-Geography:Bobbili is located at . It has an average elevation of 103 metres .-History:...

, Garugubilli
Garugubilli
Garugu-billi is a village and a Mandal in Vizianagaram district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.-Demography:Garugubilli mandal had a population of 50,690 in 2001. Males constitutes 25,388 and females constitutes 25,302 of the population. The average literacy rate is 54%...

, Gummalaxmipuram
Gummalaxmipuram
Gumma-laxmi-puram or G.L. Puram is a village and a Mandal in Vizianagaram district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.-Demography:...

, Jiyyammavalasa
Jiyyammavalasa
Jiyyammavalasa is a village and a Mandal in Vizianagaram district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.It is located about 78 kilometers from Vizianagaram city.-Demography:...

, Komarada
Komarada
Komarada is a village and a Mandal in Vizianagaram district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.Komarada mandal is a beautiful area having green forests and hills and flow of River Nagavali and its tributaries.-Demography:...

, Kurupam
Kurupam
Kurupam is a village and Mandal in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, India.-Geography:It is located at . It has an average altitude of 133 meters .-Demography:...

, Makkuva
Makkuva
Makkuva is a Village and Mandal headquarters, near Salur, in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, India.-Geography:Makkuva is located at . It has an average elevation of 123 meters .-Demography:...

, Pachipenta
Pachipenta
Pachi-penta is a Village and Mandal headquarters, near Salur, in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, India.-Geography:Pachipenta is located at 18.28N 83.07E. It has an average elevation of 219 meters ....

, Parvathipuram
Parvathipuram
Parvathipuram is a town, Municipality and Division in Vizianagaram district in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.-Geography:Parvathipuram is located at 18°46'N 83°25'E. It has an average elevation of 120 metres .-Demographics:...

, Ramabhadrapuram
Ramabhadrapuram
Rama-bhadra-puram is a village and mandal in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, India.It is located on the National Highway 43 between Gajapathinagaram and Salur. There is a 4-way Road junction via Badangi to Srikakulam and via Bobbili to Parvathipuram....

, Saluru, Seethanagaram
Seethanagaram
Seetha-nagaram or Sitha-nagaram is a village and a Mandal in Vizianagaram district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.-Geography:Sithanagaram is located at . It has an average elevation of 95 meters .-Demography:...

 and Therlam
Therlam
Therlam is a village and Mandal in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, India.-Demography:Therlam Mandal has a population of 59,338 in 2001. Males consists of 29,745 and females 29,593 of the population. The average literacy rate is 48%...

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Parliamentary Constituency

List of Members of Parliament:
  • 1952 - Nutakki Ramaseshaiah
    Nutakki Ramaseshaiah
    N. Ramaseshaiah or Nutakki Ramaseshaiah B.A., B.L. was an Indian lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament....

  • 1957 - D. Suri Dora
  • 1957, 1962 and 1971 - B. Satyanarayana
  • 1967 - Vandava Narasimha Rao
  • 1977, 1980, 1984 and 2004 - Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo
    Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo
    Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress political party. He has been elected to the Lok Sabha for five times, and has also held one term in the Rajya Sabha. he is the Union Cabinet Minister for Tribal Affairs & Panchayati...

  • 1989, 1991 and 1998 - Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju
  • 1996 - Vyricherla Pradeep Kumar Deo
  • 1999 - Dr. D.V.G. Shankar Rao
  • 2004 - Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo
  • 20o9 - Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo

Legislative Assembly

Parvathipuram is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,24,821 registered voters in this constituency in 1999 elections.

List of Members of Legislative Assembly:
  • 1951 - Vyricherla Durgaprasad Veerabhadra Deo.
  • 1955 and 1962 - Y. Chandra Chudamani Deo
  • 1967, 1983 and 1985 - Mariserla Venkata Rami Naidu
  • 1972 and 1978 - Chikati Parasurama Naidu
  • 1989 and 1994 - Yerra Krishna Murthy
  • 1997 - Yerra Annapurnamma
  • 1999 - Mariserla Sivunnaidu
  • 2004 - Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju
  • 2009 - Savarapu Jayamani

Features

  • The Area Hospital, Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad
    Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad
    Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad is one of the divisions of Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department of Andhra Pradesh Government, India....

     is located in Parvathipuram. It has bed strength of 100 in-patients.

  • There are two railway stations within one kilometre distance, named Parvathipuram and Parvathipuram Town. Parvatipuram station is 145 kilometres from Visakhapatnam and Parvatipuram Town station is 146 kilometres from Visakhapatnam.
  • All the Trains passing through parvathipuram Town station has a halt in the station.
  • One fly over bridge is under construction in kottavalasa.
  • A Spacious bus stand is available with Depo station.There will be a bus for every 15 minutes from 5.00am to 10.00 pm to VISHAKAPTNAM from bus parvathipuram.There are also buses available to major cities like vizainagaram,kakinada,rajamundry,vijayawada,hyderabad,rayagada...
  • Available ATMs are state bank of India, Andhra bank, Union bank, Icici bank, hdfc bank,karur vysya bank

  • Available Banks -
    • 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...

        - (08963)221031
    • 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...

    • State Bank of Hyderabad
      State Bank of Hyderabad
      State Bank of Hyderabad is an associate bank of State Bank of India , and is one of the scheduled banks in India. The Bank's Head Office is situated at Gunfoundry Area, in Hyderabad, India. SBH has over 1200 branches and about 12,800 employees. Assets are in excess of Rupees 767 billion...

       - (08963)222995
    • HDFC Bank
      HDFC Bank
      HDFC Bank Limited is a major Indian financial services company based in India, incorporated in August 1994, after the Reserve Bank of India allowed establishing private sector banks. The Bank was promoted by the Housing Development Finance Corporation, a premier housing finance company of India...

    • Canara Bank
      Canara Bank
      Canara Bank is a state-owned financial services company in India. It was established in 1906, making it one of the oldest banks in the country. As on 2009 November, the bank had a network of 3057 branches, spread across India...

        - (08963)221091
    • ING Vysya Bank
      ING Vysya Bank
      ING Vysya Bank is a Bangalore-based retail and commercial bank, formed after the ING Group formally merged with Vysya Bank in 2002. This merger marks the first between an Indian bank and a foreign bank.-Early years:...

        - (08963)228008
    • Visakha Grameena Bank
    • ICICI Bank
      ICICI Bank
      ICICI Bank Ltd. is India's second largest financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and through its specialised subsidiaries in the areas of...

        - (08963)220285
    • Central bank of India
      Central Bank of India
      Central Bank of India , a government-owned bank, is one of the oldest and largest commercial banks in India. It is based in Mumbai...

        - (08963)222540
    • Union bank of India  - (08963)220099
    • Karur vysya bank
      Karur Vysya Bank
      Karur Vysya Bank is a privately held Indian bank, headquartered in Karur in Tamil Nadu. It was set up in 1916 by M. A. Venkatarama Chettiar and Athi Krishna Chettiar.The bank has a branch network of 417 and an ATM network of 620 as on 28.11.2011....

        - (08963)220148
    • Corporation bank
      Corporation Bank
      Corporation Bank is an India-based banking company based in Mangalore, India. The bank was founded with an initial capital of Rs. 5000 , and first day’s canvassed resources of less than one USD 1, has currently 12,724 full time employees, and operates from several branches in India.The Bank is a...

  • 5 ATMs' available hdfc bank and atm also available.2 branches of Andhra bank and State bank are available.
  • There is 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 Parvathipuram and a branch post office at panda street,Parvathipuram. a post office at Peda Bondapalli
    Peda Bondapalli
    Peda Bondapalli is a village/Gram panchayat in Parvathipuram mandal, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, India.-Geography:Pedabondapalli is located at 18°45'N 83°22'E. It has an average elevation of 120 metres...

    .
  • Many Function halls,private Hospitals,departmental stores are situated..

  • 5 Cinema theatres available. (Venkateswara Kalamandir, Padmasree, Sri Balaji, Sowndarya & Veerabhadra) [Navaratna theatre is operating as a Function Hall ]
  • parvathipuram degree and junior colleges, polytechnical college and also pg college gitam open university pg block opened newly
  • svd college, sri sairam degree and junior college, dbk college, bhaskar college, janahitha college, gayathri college, gayathri pg college, polytechnical college government and private
  • "LIONS ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL" is one of popular schools and the first English medium school in the town. With as much as 20 years in this town produced most finest citizens of the town.
  • "Suresh IIT concept Residental school" is one of the top schools in parvatipuram(bobbili route) with excellent educational and residential facilities and now narayana e-techno school and ravindhra bharathi school are also available in town..

. In parvathipuram travel agent also avail able to book the ticket for train flight and bus and tour packages at four road junction sri sairam communication & travels
  • All Minor and Major government works can be done in parvathipuram as there are RDO office,MRO office,SUB Collectorate office,ITDA office,SUB registrar office .....
  • A Major agricultural reservoir project is under construction named THOTAPALLI RESERVOIR on the river NAAGAWALI Near Thotapalli (Parvathipuram) to supply water for in and around areas of Parvathipuram..
  • A rubber based dam is situated near parvathipuram.It is the First rubber dam in India.

Revenue Villages and Panchayats

According to the District Statistics, there are 54 revenue villages and 26 panchayats in Parvathipuram mandal.
  • Adaru (revenue village)
  • Addapuseela (village and panchayat)
  • Adduruvalasa (revenue village)
  • Antivalasa (revenue village)
  • Appannadoravalasa (revenue village)
  • Balagudaba (village and panchayat)
  • Bandaluppi (village and panchayat)
  • Belagam (revenue village)
  • Buduruwada (village and panchayat)
  • Challammavalasa (revenue village)
  • Chandalingi (revenue village)
  • China Bondapalli (village and panchayat)
  • Dhanunjayapuram (revenue village)
  • Doggivanimudaga (revenue village)
  • Dokiseela (village and panchayat)
  • Donkali Kothapatnam (revenue village)
  • Gangamambapuram (revenue village)
  • Gangapuram (village and panchayat)
  • Gangarajupuram (revenue village)
  • Gochekka (village and panchayat)
  • Gopalapuram (village and panchayat)
  • Haripuram Karadavalasa (revenue village)
  • Jagannadapuram
    Jagannadapuram
    Jagannadapuram is near to Parvatipuram town in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is two kilometers away from Parvatipuram RTC complex and one kilometer away from Parvatipuram town railway station....

     (revenue village)
  • Jamadala (village and panchayat)
  • Jammidivalasa (village and panchayat)
  • Kavitibadra (village and panchayat)
  • Kona (revenue village)
  • Kothavalasa (revenue village)
  • Krishnapalli (village and panchayat)
  • Lakshminarayanapuram (village and panchayat)
  • Lakshmipuram (revenue village)
  • Latchirajupeta (revenue village)
  • Mrutyunjaya Nagaram
    Mrutyunjaya Nagaram
    Mrutyunjaya Nagaram or M.R.Nagaram is a panchayat in Parvathipuram mandal of Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh, India.There is a Zilla Parishad High School in M.R.Nagaram.There is a post office in this village. The postal PIN code is 535 522....

     (panchayat)
  • Mulaga (village and panchayat)
  • Narsipuram
    Narsipuram
    Narsipuram is a village located in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, three kilometres from Parvathipuram. Located on the stretch of NH-43, it is accessible by all modes of transportation and has a railway station for most of the trains from Visakhapatnam to Rayagada.-Demographics:According to...

     (village and panchayat)
  • Nissankupuram (revenue village)
  • Parvathipuram
    Parvathipuram
    Parvathipuram is a town, Municipality and Division in Vizianagaram district in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.-Geography:Parvathipuram is located at 18°46'N 83°25'E. It has an average elevation of 120 metres .-Demographics:...

     (Municipality and mandal headquarters)
  • Peda Bondapalli
    Peda Bondapalli
    Peda Bondapalli is a village/Gram panchayat in Parvathipuram mandal, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, India.-Geography:Pedabondapalli is located at 18°45'N 83°22'E. It has an average elevation of 120 metres...

     (village and panchayat)
  • Peda Mariki (village and panchayat)
  • Puligummi (village and panchayat)
  • Putturu (village and panchayat)
  • Radhampeta (revenue village)
  • Ravi Kona (revenue village)
  • Sangamvalasa (village and panchayat)
  • Srirangarajapuram (revenue village)
  • Sudigam (village and panchayat)
  • Sundara Narayanapuram (revenue village)
  • Tadangivalasa (revenue village)
  • Tallaburidi (village and panchayat)
  • Tonki (revenue village)
  • Venkata Nissankupuram (revenue village)
  • Venkata Rayadupeta (village and panchayat)
  • Venkampeta (village and panchayat)
  • Viswambarapuram (revenue village)

  • Sri Ippala polamma ammavaru town Naidu street
  • Durga Devi Temple in Town
  • Yerra Kanchamma Temple in Jagannadapuram
  • Sai Baba Temple in Bypass Road
  • Siva temple in Agraharam
  • Surya Peetam in Rayagada Road
  • Venkatesware temple in belagam
  • Satyanarayana temple in kottavalasa
  • Kalinga vysya temple in town main road
  • Arya vysya temple in town
  • kotta pollamma temple in kottavalasa
  • durga devi temple in kotta valasa
  • Sri Prasannanjaneya Swami Vari Devastanam in Kottavalasa
  • sri ramamandhiram in kottavalasa
  • sri shirdi sairam temple in vivakanandha colony

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