Singarayakonda

Singarayakonda
—  city  —
Singarayakonda
Location of Singarayakonda
in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District(s) Prakasam
Population 16,676 (2001)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

• Elevation

• 15 metres (49 ft)

Singarayakonda is a census town in Prakasam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Contents

About

This is situated on the NH-5 Highway and has a connectivity of the Railway line between Vijayawada and Chennai. This gives highest revenue than any other station in this line of South Central Railway in the Prakasam district. This also has been the center for transportation for all the nearby villages which are located around a distance of the 15 km from this place.

Geography

Singarayakonda is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 15 metres (49 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Singarayakonda had a population of 16,675. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Singarayakonda has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 60%. In Singarayakonda, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Connectivity

Singarayakonda is well connected with rail and road transport.it is situated on NH-5 and chennai - howrah main railway line.

Superfast trains halts in Singarayakonda
Train no From - To Train name
2709–2710 Gudur- Sec'bad - Gudur Simhapuri SuperFast Express
2711–2712 Vijayawada -Chennai - Vijayawada Pinakini Superfast Express(Inter city)
2733–2734 Tirupathi -Sec'bad -Tirupathi Narayanadri Superfast Express
2603–2604 Hyderabad -Chennai - Hyderabad Hyderabad SuperFast Express

Express trains halts in singarayakonda:

Train no From - To Train name
7405-7406 Tirupathi - Adilabad - Tirupathi Krishana Express
7479-7480 Tirupathi -Bilaspur -Tirupathi Bilaspur Express
7481-7482 Tirupathi -Puri -Tirupathi Puri Express
3351-3352 Danabad -Allepy - Danabad Bokaro Express
6031-6032 Chennai - Jammu Tawi - Chennai Andaman Express
6093-6094 Chennai - Lucknow - Chennai Lucknow Express

Passenger trains halts in singarayakonda:

Train no From - To Train name
470-471 Vijayawada - Gudur - Vijayawada VJA Passenger
478-479 Bitragunta -Vijayawada -Bitragunta Bitragunta Passenger
401-402 Tirupathi -Guntur -Tirupathi Tirupathi Passenger

Education

Colleges

The area is home to the PNCA & Abhinav group of colleges, which consists of PNCA PG College, PNCA Degree College, PNCA Junior College, and the Abhinav Institute of Management and Technology. It is also home to the Malineni Lakshmaiah Engineering College, the Malineni Lakshmaiah College of Pharmacy, and Malineni Perumallu I.T.I. College.

Schools

Temples

The area is famous for the Lord Varaha Narasimha Temple, built by the Lord Devaraya in the early 15th century and later modified by Lord Srikrishnadevaraya. Other notable temples in the area are the Temple of Yoga Narasimha,a temple of Prasannajaneya, which contains a famous statue of Lord Hanuman, and ayyappa swami temple which located near old singarayakonda.

References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Singarayakonda
  2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
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