Kavali
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| ?Kavali Andhra Pradesh • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 28 m (92 ft) |
| District(s) | Nellore |
| Population | 1,10,371 (2001) |
Coordinates: Kavali is a big town and a municipality in Nellore district on the east coast of India in the state of Andhra Pradesh.This is the second biggest Town in Nellore district . Though not exactly located on the seashore, it is fairly close to the Bay of Bengal with a beach 6 km from the town. It is the largest municipality after Nellore in the Nellore district. It's position on the Grand Trunk road and the east coast railway track (both of which connect Chennai and Kolkata along the east coast) helped it's growth, more than the other towns in the Nellore district such as Udayagiri.
Kavali in the local tongue, Telugu means 'patrol'. This name arises from the fact that In 1515 Harihara rayulu Udayagiri Raja (king) stationed his army at this town. Being located between Nellore (Nellore District) and Ongole (Prakasam District), it shows local cultures and accents of both the districts.
The town houses the Jawahar Bharati College, an institute for higher education, which was a fairly reputed college in the decades before 1990s. It is also well known for the whole sale cloth business in the Coastal Andhra Pradesh. One can find a large number of whole sale cloth markets along the the most important road in the town, the Grand trunk road which passes right through the city.
A temple of the local divinity, Kalugollamma has a unique history and draws from from British construction techniques of building very strong buildings. It is built with a unique rock called Bontha Raayi found only in this region, which makes this town a unique town in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
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[edit] Geography
Kavali is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 28 metres (91 feet).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[2] Kavali had a population of 1,10,371. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kavali has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 65%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Entertainment
- There are six theatres in this town to screen the movies in local languages. Often, English and Hindi movies will be screened in these theators.The names of the same are MANASA;SPANDANA;SAI MAHAL;LATHA;VENKATESWARA;DEVI.
- Kavali Entertainment Network(KEN) provides the much needed entertainment to most of the citizens through their cable tv network and also very much famous here.
- Kavali is very near to sea shore. Ramayapatnam, which is 14 km from Kavali has a scenic lighthouse and is a nice place to visit. However, now a days the visitors are not allowed to climb the light house.
- There is a beautiful location of summer storage tank and its garden has to be seen.
- Viswodaya Institutions, spread over a 100 acres are also worth a visit.
[edit] Trivia
- Father of Andhra Sri. Potti Sriramulu from kavali(Juvvalapalem).
- One of the most famous actors of yester years, Sri Nagabhushanam ('raktakanneeru' fame) Rajanala are from this town.
- S.V Krishna Reddy Teacher L.V Krishna Reddy from this town.
- K.M.K Naidu, good producer who made Duiet, Jaihind many other films from kavali.
- Heroine Mamatha who has acted in sunday,nagamanaidu from kavali.
- Very famous for cloth business, kavali known as Andhra Bombay / Second Mumbai in cloth market.
- Jawahar Bharathi is the 3rd best college in andhra pradesh.
- Shaik.Rafi who got two National Prizes to his books, from kavali.
[edit] Economy
The Kavali is the main centre for cloths, electrical poles. The Main assets of Kavali are clothes markets. The main revenue getting from this fields only. Here many readymade garments are the like Kandukuri, Indipendent, Arc and Spanish etc.
[edit] Politics
Kavali is an assembly constitution
[edit] Transport
A main national railway line passes through Kavali. The National Highway 5 / Chennai-Kolkata Highway passes through the town. The nearest International Airport is about 215 km south in Chennai and Airport in Tirupati is 176 km from Kavali. Nellore Domestic Airport work is in progress 60 km from Kavali. The city can be reached from all major south Indian cities like Hyderabad, Chennai or Bangalore by bus or train. It is the part of South Central Railway.
[edit] Culture
Telugu is the most spoken language. Kavali is at Prakasam District boarder so culture is mixed. while rice and seafood are the most consumed food in Kavali.
[edit] Education
SVU POST-GRADUATE Centre : KAVALI
The Centre has four regular Departments: Commerce, Economics, Physics and Zoology and four Self-supporting Courses: M.C.A.,M.Sc. Computer Science, M.Sc. Mathematics and M.B.A.
Besides teaching, research (M.Phil & Ph.D.) is undertaken in Economics, Commerce, Physics and Zoology. Since inception 7,500 Post Graduates were produced, 110 Ph.D and 200 M.Phil degrees were awarded, 25 Books and nearly 1000 Research papers were published. Considerable number of Major and Minor Research Projects were completed with the assistance of various funding organizations - UGC, ICSSR, ICMR, DST, DBT, etc.
[edit] Places Nearby
Nellore -56km
Ongole -65km
Vinjamur-48km
Kandukur-42km
S.Konda -41km
Chennai-216km
Vijayawada-210
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kavali
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
