Gudivada

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Coordinates: 16.27° N 80.59° E

Gudivada

Gudivada
State
 - District(s)		 Andhra Pradesh
 - Krishna district
Coordinates 16.27° N 80.59° E
Area
 - Elevation		 7 km²
 - 5 m
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001)
 - Density		 167,821 [2]
 - 4,385/km²
MLA Sri Venkateswara Rao Kodali (Nani) [1]
Codes
 - Postal
 - Telephone
 - Vehicle		  
 - 521301
 - +91-08674
 - AP-16

Gudivada is a census town in Krishna district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a mandal headquarters with more than 100,000 inhabitants, lying as junction of Vijayawada-Machilipatnam-Bhimavaram-Nuzvid in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh of India.

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[edit] History

Gudi means temple and vada means town in Telugu. Gudivada might be derived from existence of number of temples in the past. Gudivada was known as Vidarbhapuri in past.

Reference:Khandeyayani Kaikaluru Silasasanam of AD 1628. The place was in existence for over 2,000 years and has been flourishing perpetually from the time of the Satavahanas.

Gudivada was a culture center during the period of Vijayanagar Empire. The excavations discovered certain archaeological remains such as Buddhist and Jain relics. There are also about 99 low mounds with the ruins of Buddhist stupas. The notable one among the old Buddhist Stupas is an elevated mound in a cylindrical form with a semi-spherical top Gudivada is not in Vishakapattanam dis,it is in Krrishna dist
Mahatma Gandhi addressed the public in Gudivada on December 17th, 1933.

[edit] Geography

Gudivada is located at 16.45° N 80.98° E[3]. It has an average elevation of 6 metres (19 feet).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, Gudivada had a population of 7107. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gudivada has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 54%. In Gudivada, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Regional Settings

Town has well setup infrastructure including Railway Station,APSRTC Bus Station, Head Post Office, Government hospital, Out door and Indoor Stadium, Court rooms, MRO Office, Police station(s), Fire Station, Telegraph, Telecom station, Taxi Stand,Officers Club, Municipal building, Function halls, Hospitals, Hotels, Movie Theaters, Banks, Temples, Pump house, Rice Mills, Ice Factories, Cinema halls, Schools, Petrol/Gas Stations,City bus service, Auto nagar.

Gudivada Administrative setup is spanned over Gudivada Urban, Gudlavalleru, Kaikalur, Kalidindi, Mandavelli, Mudinepalli, Nandivada, Pamarru and Pedaparupudi. Gudivada is a Mandel with head post office, court offices, head post office, Mandal Revenue Office.

Known for its Thyagaraja Aradhana carnatic music festival, vegetable market, NTR Stadium with availability of railway and bus facilities.

Gudivada is religiously diversified small town with Hindu Temples, Mosques, Churches, Meher mandir, Jain temple.


Close by villages include Anguluru,Dondapadu,Kuchipudi, Ghantasala,Gudlavalleru, pamaru, Hanuman Junction, Mudinepalli,Ventrapragada, Vanapamula, Nimmakuru, Vadali etc. Many famous people including Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao , Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao,Cherukuri Ramoji Rao, Karedla Narasimham etc. are from the same region.

[edit] Travel Modes

  • Nearest airport is at Gannavaram in 20 km distance. Nearest International Airport is at Hyderabad.
  • Comes under south central railways. Gudivada acts as junction to Machilipatnam. Frequent trains from Vijayawada, Guntur, Kakinada, Narsapur and Machilipatnam.
  • Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has Gudivada Depot (GDV). Gudivada has frequent bus service from Vijayawada, Eluru, Machilipatnam, and Nuzvid.

Chowtapalli, the village where the famous singer Ghantasal grown up, lies 4 miles from Gudivada.

[edit] Educational institutions

Gudivada town is a famous educational centre in the region with many primary schools, high schools, junior colleges, degree colleges, arts and science colleges, engineering college, Industrial training centre, polytechnique college, homeopathy medical college.Gudivada comes under region of Acharya Nagarjuna Univerisity, Andhra University and Jawharlal Nehru technological university (for engineering college).

Some of the famous educational institutions :-

  • ANR College (arts, science, degree, post graduation)
  • VKR & VNB Polytechnic
  • Gudlavalleru Engineering College
  • Dr. Gururaju Government Homeopathic Medical College
  • ANRPL Arts and science college
  • Montessori English and Telugu medium School
  • K.T.R Women's College
  • Viswa Bharathi English Medium High School
  • Gowtham Concept School
  • Vidyavikas Public School
  • sai Ushodaya Public School

[edit] Medical Facilites

Gudivada has lots of hospitals with wide range of specialities and facilities.

Some of the famous hospitals are :-

  • Govt General Hospital
  • American Hospital
  • Srirama Nursing Home
  • Srikanth Nursing Home
  • Vishnu Orthopedic Hospital
  • Pinnananeni Childrens Hospital

[edit] Money/Economy

Being a mandal headquarters. Gudivada is a financial centre. Most of the income is generated from Agriculture and Fishing. Gudivada being in heart of Krishna district is great place for real estate business. Trade mostly depends on agricultural yields in that season from the near by regions. However Jewellery and Gold business and cinema seems to have a special place.

Major businesses around this place are: Milk, Rice Mills, Transportation/Cargo, Fisheries, Education, Medical, Cinema, Jewellery, Finance, Textile, Vegetables etc.

Most of the nationalised banks have their branch(s) some of them have ATM,and locker Facilities. Following are list of some branches available in Gudivada:

  1. Gudivada Cooperative Urban Bank
  2. Sapthagiri Grameena Bank
  3. Karur Vysya Bank (ATM)
  4. Vijaya Bank
  5. Bank of Baroda (ATM)
  6. Indian Overseas Bank (ATM)
  7. Canara Bank
  8. Andhra Bank (ATM)
  9. State bank of Hyderabad (ATM)
  10. State Bank of India (ATM)
  11. ICICI Bank (ATM)
  12. City Union Bank (ATM)
  13. Syndicate Bank


Private commercial banks like HDFC, HSBC, ABN AMRO do not have their branches yet. Stock trading in this region is done mainly with help of stock brokers. Chit fund companies are mostly privately owned, how ever companies like Sriram Chits and Margadarsi has their branches.

[edit] Gudivada Tirth Jain Temple

The artistry of this ancient idol of Parshvanath is of a special type, beautiful and of a different style. The skilled artists have applied all their skill to the making of this idol and have presented a specimen of matchless, wonderful and distinct type of art. On seeing the idol, one feels that Dharanendradev appears and holds the umbrella over Bhagawan head. It is difficult to find elsewhere-such an extraordinary idol. An annual fair held at this temple is a major festival of the region. The management of this temple is with Shri shwetambar Jain Parshwanath Mandir Trust.

[edit] Small details

Mandal Name Gudivada
Mandal Code 42
Railway Station, Bus depot Code GDV







Localities inside Gudivada town(urban) include Pedda Kalava, Auto Nagar, Koti Bomma Center, Satyanarayana puram,Bus Stand, Over Bridge, Municipal Buildings,Post Office, Railway station, Beytavolu, Masid Center, Market, Stadium, Nehru Chowlk, Gowri sankar, Patimeeda, Neelamahal, Montessori, Eluru Road, Rajendar Nagar, Bipass Road, Janardhana puram.

Villages in Gudivada Mandal

LINGAVARAM MERAKAGUDEM VALIVARTHIPADU(R) DONDAPADU
SAIDEPUDI SERIGOLVEPALLE GUNTAKODURU MOTURU
CHILAKAMUDI GUDIVADA(R) BETHAVOLU(R) PEDAYERUKAPADU(R)
MANDAPADU(R) BILLAPADU(R) GANGADHARAPURAM SIDDHANTAM
CHOWTAPALLE KALVAPUDIAGRAHARAM SERIDINTAKURRU SERIVELPUR
BOMMULURU CHINAYERUKAPADU TATIPARRU SEEPUDI
KASIPUDI ALLIDODDI(U.I) RAMANAPUDI CHIRICHINTALA
RAMACHANDRAPURAM VANAPAMULA PARNASA PUTTAGUNTA JANARDHANAPURAM












[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Election results of the Gudivada assembly from the Election Commision of India
  2. ^ Mandal wise Poputation Details of Krishna District taken for elections.
  3. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Gudivada


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