Kadiam

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Kadiam or Kadiyam is a village and mandal headquarters, near Dowlaiswaram in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a major flower nursery centre in Andhra Pradesh.

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[edit] Geography

Kadiyam is located at 16.9167° N 81.8333° E.[1] It has an average elevation of 8 meters (29 feet).

[edit] Features

Kadiyam is a major flower nursery centre in Andhra Pradesh. There are about 600 nurseries in this village and more than 25,000 were gaining employment directly or indirectly due to them.

There is a small railway station at Kadiyam in South Central Railway, Indian Railways.

[edit] Assembly Constituency

Kadiam is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 2,43,229 registered voters in Kadiyam constituency in 1999 elections.

List of Elected Members:[2]

  • 1978 - Patamsetti Ammiraju
  • 1983 - Girajala Venkataswamy Naidu
  • 1985 and 1994 - Vaddi Veerabhadra Rao
  • 1989, 1999 and 2004 - Jakkampudi Rammohan Rao

[edit] Villages and Panchayats

There are 11 panchayats in Kadiam mandal.[3]

  • Damireddipalle (village and panchayat)
  • Dulla (village and panchayat)
  • Jegurupadu (village and panchayat)
  • Kadiam (village, panchayat and mandal headquarters)
  • Kadiam Pusavaram (village and panchayat)
  • Kadiyapu Lanka (village and panchayat)
  • Madhavarayudupalem (village and panchayat)
  • Muramanda (village and panchayat)
  • Potti Lanka (village and panchayat)
  • Veeravaram (village and panchayat)
  • Vemagiri (village and panchayat)

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