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Coordinates: 16.5333° N 81.5333° E

Bhimavaram
Bhimavaram
State - District(s)	Andhra Pradesh - West Godavari
Coordinates	16.5333° N 81.5333° E
Area - Elevation	- 5 m
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001) - Density	137,327 -
Website: http://www.bhimavaraminfo.com

Bhimavaram is a town and mandal in the West Godavari District in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

1 Geography
2 Religious places
3 Features
4 Assembly Constituency
5 Education
6 Agriculture
7 References
8 External Links

[edit] Geography

Bhimavaram is located at 16.5333° N 81.5333° E.^[1] It has an average elevation of 5 meters (19 feet).

[edit] Religious places

Some famous temples located here are:

Gunupudi Somarama temple, one of the five Pancharamas. Built during the 3rd century A.D., the Shivalinga in the temple is believed to assume a black-cum-brown colour on no-moon day and becomes whitish on full-moon day. The prathista of the Shivalinga is by MOON GOD.
Mavullamma temple (Mavullamma Festival Starts on 14 th January of every year its runs 30 days)
Bhimeshvara (the name of the towm is derived from it).
Datta Kshetram.
Subbarayudu Temple
Venkateswara Temple (near Nataraj Theater and another in NarasimPuram)
Jain Temple at PeddaAmiram (one of its kind in the whole of AP).

[edit] Features

Bhimavaram is well known for its aqua culture and paddy fields in its surrounded villages , it is the centre of trade for more than 300 villages.
The northern part of Bhimavaram is known as ONE TOWN and the southern Part TWO TOWN.
This is one of the important commercial towns in West Godavari district.
The place is well connected by bus (Old bus stand located in Two town and New Bus stand located in One Town) and train routes (Town Station in Two town and Junction Railway Station located in One Town).
It is located 455 km from Hyderabad, 270 km from Visakhapatnam and 103km from Vijayawada.
The town has some well known textile shops like Bommana, Chandana, Naresh and Shyam Silks.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Assembly Constituency

Bhimavaram is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,77,470 registered voters in Bhimavaram constituency in 1999 elections.

List of Elected Members:^[2]

1978 - Kalidindi Vijaya Narasimha Raju
1983, 1985, 1994 and 1999 - Penumatcha Venkata Narasimha Raju
1989 - Alluri Subhas Chandra Bose
2004 - Grandhi Srinivas

[edit] Education

Bhimavaram is also a town renowned for the several educational institutes that are here. Some of the prominent colleges in this town are listed here:

1. DNR College ^[3]
2. SRKR Engineering College ^[4]
3. KGRL College ^[5]
4. B V Raju Educational Society

[edit] Agriculture

Bhimavaram is one of the biggest centres for aquaculture (fish and prawn farming) in India. Traditionally this area has been a large producer of paddy (rice), but more recently many farmers are shifting to fish culture.