Srikakulam district

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  ?Srikakulam District
Andhra Pradesh • India
Coordinates: 18°18′N 83°54′E / 18.3, 83.9
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Elevation		 5,837 km² (2,254 sq mi)
• 10 m (33 ft)
District(s) Srikakulam
Population
• Density		 25,37,597 (2001)
• 403 /km² (1,044 /sq mi)
Codes
• Pincode
• Telephone
• 532 001
• +0894

Coordinates: 18°18′N 83°54′E / 18.3, 83.9

Srikakulam, formerly known as Chicacole, is the northern most district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Srikakulam District was created out of part of Vishakhapatnam District on August 15, 1950. Some areas of Ganjam District were also added. In 1979 a new Vizianagaram district was formed out of Visakhapatnam district and Saluru, Bobbili, Parvatipuram, Chupurupalli were added to Vizianagaram.

The District capital is Srikakulam, a municipality and mandal headquarters of Srikakulam mandal.

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[edit] Geographical divisions

Srikakulam district can be divided into two main distinct natural divisions. A portion of Srikakulam district is plain terrain with intense agriculture and another portion of the district is rocky and hilly terrain covered with forests. Some extent of Mahendragiri hills also covers Srikakulam district. Most of the forest area of the plain terrain has been damaged by intense agriculture. Kotthuru, Hiramandalam, Pathapatnam, Kalingadal reservoir and some other areas are still covered with dense forests.

[edit] Places of interest

Temples:

  • Santoshimathaat Old Srikakulam,
  • Venkateswara temple at Gujarathipeta
  • Ayyappaswamy at Adivarampeta, a mosque known as
  • Jumma Masjid, built by Sher Muhammad Khan at G T road ,and
  • Christian churches.(many)

Buddhist tourist places:

Other:

Srikakulam is located 100 km north of Visakhapatnam. It has a population of 2,537,593 of which 10.98% is urban as of 2001. [1]

Srikakulam district has the longest coast line about 193 km in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It is bordered by Orissa on the north, Vizianagaram district on the west and south , Bay of Bengal on the east.

Rivers:

  1. River Nagavali,
  2. River Vamsadhara ,
  3. Mahendratanaya,
  4. Champavati,
  5. Bahuda,
  1. KumbhikotaGedda,
  2. Suvarnamukhi,
  3. Vegavati,
  4. Gomukhi.

[edit] Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies

There are 3 Parliamentary Constituencies and 12 Assembly Constituencies in Srikakulam. district.[2]

Srikakulam Assembly Old Segments

The 12 Assembly Constituencies are:

[edit] Revision of Assembly Constituencies

Revision dated 31-May 2007: 12 MLA constituencies are reduced to 10.and renamed as

Name of const'. mandals population SC ST
1.Srikakulam Assembly Constituency srikakulam,Gara,Srikakulam Town. 2,62,149 19438 1009
2.Etcherla ranastalam,Laveru, Etcherla,G.Sigadam. 2,81,908 32005 1412
3.Rajam rajam,santakaviti,R-amadalavalasa,Vangara. 264867 31303 2998
4.Amadalavalasa amudalavalasa,Sarubujjili.Burja,Ponduru 231602 22509 2586
5.palakonda palakonda,seetampeta,bhamini.Veeragattam. 230814 32207 61140
6.Narasannapeta Narasannapeta,Polaki,Jalumuru,Saravakota. 249001 14906 6944
7.Pathapatnam Pathapatnam.Meliaputti,Hiramandalam.Kotturu,L.N.peta. 243092 27937 36850
8.Tekkali Tekkali.Nandigam,Santabommali,Kotabommali. 258815 14906 6944
9.Palasa Palasa.Mandasa,V.kotturu. 233650 12638 13469
10.Ichapuram Ichapuram,Kanchili,Kaviti,Sompeta 281679 9995 16600

Ref: Vaarta News paper Srikakulam Edition.dated 28 Nov.2007..Dr.seshagirirao-MBBS

[edit] Irrigation

Rivers  : There ara mainly 9 rivers present in Srikakulam district.

1.Vamsadhara 2.Nagavali 3.Suvarnamukhi 4.Vegavathi 5.Mahendrathanaya 6.Gomukhi 7.Champavathi 8.Bahuda 9.KumbikotaGedda

The Nagavali and Vamsadhara are the major rivers in Srikakulam district. These two river basins together constitute about 5% of the area. The Mahendratanaya and Bahuda rivers are two minor river basins in the district. Others are Benjigedda, Peddagedd, Kandivalasa gedda, a total of 9 rivers.[3]

  1. Major irrigation projects :

VamsadharaProject , Narayanapuram Anicut, Thotapalli Regulator and

  1. Medium irrigation projects :

Pydigam Project , Onigadda

  • are providing a total ayacut of 69,373 acres.
  1. Irrigation Water socities :(telugu = Neeti Sanghalu)

The Socities are Major & Minor.

  • In the major category for Vamsadhara project 54 water socities are present and other 44 major socities to a total of 100 major.
  • Minor socities are 402
  • Through the 38 Mandals in the Srikakulam district these socities are distributed under the channel name and for each socity there are PradesikaSocities about 6-8 will be elected among the farmers. In the srikakulam district about 75,000 farmer voters are participating in these Irrigation water socity elections.

[edit] Industries

[edit] Revenue divisions and Mandals

There are three revenue divisions and 38 mandals in the Srikakulam district.[4] The revenue divisions are Srikakulam, Tekkali and Palakonda.

SRIKAKULAM DIVISION TEKKALI DIVISION PALAKONDA DIVISION
1.Veeraghattam 2.Vangara 3.Regidi Amadalavalasa
4.Rajam 5.Ganguvari Sigadam 6.Laveru
7.Ranastalam 8.Etcherla 9.Ponduru
10.Santhakavati 11.Burja 12.Palakonda
13.Seethampeta 14.Bhamini 15.Kothuru(Srikakulam)
16.Hiramandalam 17.Sarubujjili 18.Amadalavalasa
19.Srikakulam 20.Gara 21.Polaki
22.Narasannapeta 23.Jalumuru 24.Saravakota
25.Pathapatnam 26.Meliaputti 27.Tekkali
28.Kotabommali 29.Santhabommali 30.Nandigam
31.Vajrapu Kotturu 32.Palasa 33.Mandasa
34.Sompeta 35.Kanchili 36.Kaviti
37.Ichchapuram 38.Lakshminarasupeta

[edit] References

  1. ^ Census GIS India
  2. ^ District-wise Assembly Constituencies in Andhra Pradesh
  3. ^ DistrictProfile.jsp Irrigation profile of Srikakulam district
  4. ^ Sub-districts in India

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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