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| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District(s) | Krishna district |
| Population | 167,821 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 5 metres (16 ft) |
Gudivada is a census town in Krishna district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a mandal headquarters with more than 100,000 inhabitants, lying as junction of Vijayawada-Machilipatnam-Bhimavaram-Nuzvid-Eluru in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh of India.
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As of 2011[update]India census,[1]Gudivada had a population of 1,18,289. Males constitute 49.82% of the population and females 50.18%. Gudivada has an average literacy rate of 82.16%, higher than the national average of 74.04%%: male literacy is 86.39%, and female literacy is 77.98%. In Gudivada, 8.4% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Gudivada falls in the hot humid region of the country and it is less than 40 miles from Bay of Bengal. The climate of the town is very hot and it is pleasant during the winter. The hottest day falls in the month of May with shift to June during some years. The maximum temperature observed is 50.3C and the minimum temperature observed is 12.90C.
The town has well-set-up infrastructure, including railway station, APSRTC bus station, head post office, government hospital, outdoor and indoor stadiums with Gym, court rooms, MRO office, police station(s), fire station,agricultural industries, telegraph, telecom station, taxi stand, officers' club, municipal building, function halls, hospitals, hotels, movie theaters, banks, temples, pump house, rice mills, ice factories, cinema halls, schools, petrol/gas stations, city bus service, auto nagar.
Gudivada Administrative setup is spanned over Gudivada Urban, Gudlavalleru, Kaikalur, Kalidindi, Mandavelli, Mudinepalli, Nandivada, Pamarru and Pedaparupudi. Gudivada is a Mandal with head post office, court offices, Mandal Revenue Office.
Food in Gudivada is typical of Andhra Pradesh and Krishna district food, mostly rice and curries associated with it. Food will be very spicy. You have many commercial food places (hotels) near main road and Nehru chowk.
It is well known for its Thyagaraja Aradhana carnatic music festival, vegetable market, NTR Stadium. Gudivada is religiously diversified small town with Hindu Temples like Bheemeswaraswami temple,Kanyakaparameswari temple, Vinayaka temple, Venugopalaswamy temple(Oldtown)(Earlier gudivada is known as "Gudula Vada" having more temples) and Mosques(pedda maseedu-Bantumilli road), Churches (RCM-Eluru road), Meher mandir(Gowrisankara puram), Jain temple(Market road),best places to hang out in town are bipass road rajandhranagar , when it comes to food it is raju gari hotel at ntr stadium ,flavoures ,alankar ,sri lekha
Close by villages include Anguluru,Moturu, Dondapadu, Kuchipudi, Ghantasala, Choutapalli, Gudlavalleru, Pamaru, Hanuman Junction, Mudinepalli, Ventrapragada, Vanapamula, Peddaparupudi, Chinaparupudi, Elamaru, Nimmakuru, Vadali etc.
Famous Personalities: Many famous people including Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, V.B. Rajendra Prasad, Kurumaddali Venkata Chalapati Rao (Pantulugari Shed), Cherukuri Ramoji Rao, (Ramoji Film City), Kaikaala Satyanarayana, Y.V.S. Chowdary, V.V. Vinayak, Gopimohan, Moturi.Prasad Rao, Dr. K.L. Narayana,(Sri Durga Arts) etc. are from the same region. Bhagavatula Venkateswara rao ( built a fresh water reservoir to used as drinking water in 25 acres of his land for the benefit of Gudivada people )
Gudivada town is a famous educational centre in the region with many primary schools, high schools, junior colleges, degree colleges, arts and science colleges, engineering college, industrial training centre, polytechnic college, homeopathy medical college. Gudivada comes under region of Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra University and Jawharlal Nehru technological university (for engineering college).
Among the notable educational institutions in Gudivada are:
Gudivada has lots of hospitals with wide range of specialties and facilities.
Some of the famous hospitals are :-
Being a mandal headquarters. Gudivada is a financial centre. Most of the income is generated from agriculture and fishing. Gudivada has got its significance in the agricultural field way back in 1946 when the Pioneer industry in manufacturing of all sorts of agricultural implements was founded by Late Sri. Kurumaddali Venkata Chalapati Rao popularly known as Pantulu gari shed was established. Gudivada being in heart of Krishna district is great place for real estate business. Trade mostly depends on agricultural yields in that season from the nearby regions. However, jewellery and gold business and cinema seems to have a special place.
Major businesses around this place are: agricultural industries, milk, rice mills, transportation/cargo, fisheries, education, medical, cinema, jewellery, finance, textile, vegetables etc.
Most of the nationalised banks have their branch(s) some of them have ATM and locker Facilities. Following are list of some branches available in Gudivada:
HDFC bank is going to open its branch soon with ATM facility in Sarada Towers,near RK Complex.
Private commercial banks like HSBC, ABN AMRO do not have their branches yet. Stock trading in this region is done mainly with help of stock brokers. Chit fund companies are mostly privately owned; however, companies like Sriram Chits and Margadarsi have their branches.
| Mandal Name | Gudivada |
| Mandal Code | 42 |
| Railway Station, Bus depot Code | GDV |
Localities inside Gudivada town (urban) include
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