Kaviti

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Kaviti
కవిటి
Village and Mandal
Kaviti
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 19°01′00″N 84°41′00″E / 19.0167°N 84.6833°E / 19.0167; 84.6833Coordinates: 19°01′00″N 84°41′00″E / 19.0167°N 84.6833°E / 19.0167; 84.6833
Country  India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Srikakulam
Talukas Kaviti
Languages
  Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 532 322
Telephone code 08947(236...)
Lok Sabha constituency Srikakulam
Vidhan Sabha constituency Ichchapuram

Kaviti is a village and a Mandal in Srikakulam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.[1]

Kaviti mandal is bordered by Ichchapuram mandal to the north, Kanchili and Sompeta manals to the south, Odisha state to the west and the Bay of Bengal to the east.

Geography

Kaviti is located at 19°01′00″N 84°41′00″E / 19.0167°N 84.6833°E / 19.0167; 84.6833.[2] It has an average elevation of 41 meters (137 feet).

Demographics

According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Kaviti mandal is as follows:[3]

  • Total Population: 70,945 in 16,777 Households
  • Male Population: 33,590 and Female Population: 37,355
  • Children Under 6-years of age: 9,996 (Boys - 5,120 and Girls - 4,876)
  • Total Literates: 33,781
  • Kaviti is located in between two towns, Sompeta and Ichchapuram, towards East.
  • The area constituting Kaviti Mandal is popularly known as Uddanam (Udyanavanam). The coastal belt at this place presents a pleasant appearance, covered with large extents of Coconut, Cashewnut, Jack, mango and other fruit trees and also a beautiful villages like Jagathi, Donka puttuga, yarragovin puttuga, Borivanka, Rajapuram, Bhyripuram, Vindyagiri, sea coastal area.
  • The famous temples of Santhoshi matha, Chintamani Ammavaru, Sri Sitharamaswamy temple and Kali matha temple in borivanka are located in Kaviti mandalam.
  • There's a beautiful Sea beach 2 km away from Kaviti. Hindu rituals' are well celebrated here.
  • Rice is the major food crop this area.
  • It has many farmlands.
  • The private schools in this village are Kalyani school, B.S.R school, S.V.J school and Little angles school.
  • Most of the population in this village depend on Farming.
  • There is an indoor batminton court in this village.
  • There are two petrol filling stations in this village.1- Kalyani filling station and 2- maha lakshmi filling station.
  • There are 2 Movie theaters in this village. They are 1 - Mahalakshmi Theater and 2- Ashok theater.

Revenue Villages and Panchayats

There are 21 panchayats in Kaviti mandal.[4]

  • B.G.Puttuga (village and panchayat)
  • Balli Puttuga (village and panchayat)
  • Bejji Puttuga (village and panchayat)

*Belagam (village and panchayat)$$

  • Bhyripuram (village and panchayat)
  • Borivanka (village and panchayat)
  • D.G.Puttuga (village and panchayat)
  • Gorlepadu (village and panchayat)
  • Jagathi (village and panchayat)
  • Kapasukuddi (village and panchayat)
  • Karapadu (village and panchayat)
  • Kaviti (village, panchayat and mandal headquarters)
  • kavti kotturu (village)
  • Donkaputtuga (village in Kaviti panchayat)
  • Khojjiria (village and panchayat)
  • Kusumpuram (village and panchayat)
  • Landari Puttuga (village and panchayat)
  • Manikyapuram (village and panchayat)
  • Nelavanka (village and panchayat)
  • Pragadaputtuga (village)
  • Rajapuram (village and panchayat)
  • Sahalala Puttuga (village and panchayat)
  • Silagam (village and panchayat)
  • Varaka (village and panchayat)

$$ Belagam is most important revenue village after Kaviti in the mandal.

  • It is situated on NH - 5 and has its own railway station (Though named after Jhadupudi, a nearby Village).
  • People are predominantly dependent on rainfed agriculture and Coconut & Kaju plantations.
  • Mango and Jack fruit also spin some money for the farmers.
  • Kaviti may be the Mandal HQ but from business point of view Belagam has better opportunities due to its proximity to the

National high way and Railway. It is only 7 km from Sompeta station on Howrah - Chennai main line.

  • It is the fastest growing revenue village in Kaviti mandal.
  • It has a petrol pump, a 10 bedded Govt. Hospital, one Govt. high school, an English medium public school and a college.
  • A sizable number of people of this village stay in different parts of the country and abroad. Remittances from these people

also contribute a lot to the local economy.

  • The Polamma temple and Sambaralu (festival organised every five years)are worth visiting.

References

Belagam is village and gram panchayat in Kaviti Mandal.

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