Bhimavaram
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| ?Bhimavaram Andhra Pradesh • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 5 m (16 ft) |
| District(s) | West Godavari |
| Population | 137,327 (2001) |
| Codes • Vehicle |
• AP 37 |
Coordinates: Bhimavaram is a town and mandal in the West Godavari District in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Bhimavaram is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 5 meters (19 feet).
Bhimavarm is also called as "Second Bardoli of India". This name is given by Mahatma Gandhi at the time of his visit to this place on the occasion of freedom movement in India. The northern part of Bhimavaram is known as One Town and the southern Part Two Town.It is a special grade city.
Specific websites that are dedicated to these important places in the west godavari district are: For information related to Bhimavaram visit: bhimavaram.com
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[edit] Transport
Bhimavaram is an important commercial centre in West Godavari and having road connections to all the rural villages nearby. One section of the Chennai-Calcutta Rail line goes through this town and hence Two mails from Calcutta will pass through this town. Aparting that Narsapur -Vijayawada rail line also connected through this town. National Highway Np.214(a) (Kattipudi to Pamarru)passes through this town. Number of Buses are run by APSRTC & Private Travellers to Chennai, Hyderabad, Vizag, Bangalore, Eluru & Vijayawada.
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. See the map at : http://www.mythrikiran.in/bhimavaram/ The nearest domestic airport to Bhimavaram is in vijayawada.International airports near to Bhimavaram are Hyderabad and Chennai.
[edit] Administration
Bhimavaram has a population of 4 lakhs, and is divided into 39 wards geographically. It has been upgraded as a special grade municipality. visit : http://www.bhimavaram.com
[edit] Bhimavaram Municipal Corporation
The Bhimavaram Municipality was established in the year 1948. At present Smt.Thota Sita Rama Lakshmi has been serving as municipal chair person.
Since the formation of Bhimavaram Municipality These “Men of Noble” served and has been serving this town for its over all development and for state wide recognition as municipal chairmen and as chair persons. 1.Sri Gandham Venkayya Naidu 2. Sri Nachu Venkata Ramayya 3. Sri Kuriseti Naga Bhusanam 4. Sri Gadiraju Jagannadha Raju 5. Sri G. Venkataswami Naidu 6. Sri Tatavarthi Narasimha Rao 7. Sri Kotikalapudi Govinda Rao 8. Sri Bommidi Narayana rao 9. Sri Grandhi Venkateswara rao 10. Smt Meragani Narayanamma 11. Smt Thota Sita Rama Lakshmi
[edit] Assembly Constituency
Bhimavaram is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,77,470 registered voters in Bhimavaram constituency in 1999 elections. Ever since the formation of Bhimavaram legislative assembly constituency in 1952, this constituency has been the centre of politics of West Godavari District.
Grandhi Srinivas is the present MLA of Bhimavaram. He is the youngest MLA of this constituency. A Dynamic personality, mingled with common man. Striving hard for the development of Bhimavaram constituency.
| Year | Name | Party | 1952 | Bhupathi Raju Subba Raju | Praja party |
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| 1962 | Natchu Venkataramayya | Congress | |||
| 1967 | Bhupathiraju Vijay Kumar Raju | Indipendent | |||
| 1972 | Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju | Congress | |||
| 1978 | Kalidindi Vijay Narasimha Raju | Congress | |||
| 1983 | PV Narasimha Raju | TDP | |||
| 1985 | PV Narasimha Raju | TDP | |||
| 1989 | Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose | Congress | |||
| 1994 | PV Narasimha Raju | TDP | |||
| 1999 | PV Narasimha Raju | TDP | |||
| 2004 | Grandhi Srinivas | Congress
[edit] PanchayatsThere are 25 village panchayats in Bhimavaram mandal.[2]
[edit] Religious placesSome famous temples located here are:
A church and a mosque located at the center of Bhimavaram. [edit] EducationBhimavaram is also a town renowned for the several educational institutes that are here.It is also called second BARDOLI(There is a saying that Gandhiji called it so when people of bhimavaram refused to pay tax to british government as a part of agitation). Some of the prominent colleges in this town are listed here:
[edit] EconomyBhimavaram is a centre of aqua and paddy business. It is one of the important commercial towns in West Godavari District. Bhimavaram is well known for its aqua culture and paddy fields in its surrounded villages, it is the centre of trade, Shopping, entertainment for more than 300 villages. 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. [edit] See alsoThe Great's of Bhimavaram
[edit] ReferencesDR B SOMARAJU CARDIOLOGIST Adavi BapiRaju [edit] External links |
