Tekkali

Tekkali టెక్కలి
Town
Tekkali Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 18°37′00″N 84°14′00″E / 18.6167°N 84.2333°E / 18.6167; 84.2333Coordinates: 18°37′00″N 84°14′00″E / 18.6167°N 84.2333°E / 18.6167; 84.2333
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Srikakulam
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	532201
Telephone code	91\08945

Tekkali is a Town, Revenue Division and a Mandal in Srikakulam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.^[1]

Tekkali is also called Raghunathapuram in memory of Raghunath Deo, an ancient proprietor of the Tekkali estate.

Geography

Tekkali is located at 18°37′00″N 83°14′00″E / 18.6167°N 83.2333°E / 18.6167; 83.2333.^[2] It has an average elevation of 27 meters (91 feet).

Transport

The nearest Airport is the Visakhapatnam_Airport, which is at a distance of 150 km. NH-5(chennai-kolkata) passes through the town. It is well connected with the nearest towns of nandigam, palasa, meliaputti, chapara, sompeta, mandasa, kaviti, itchapuram, narasannapeta, pathapatnam, paralakhemundi and the district capital srikakulam. Tekkali is 50 km distance from srikakulam.

There is a Railway station in the tekkali but only one train from Gunupur to Puri passes through it. The another nearest railway station at Nupada Jn.(NWP), on Visakhapatnam to Howrah track. Naupada Jn. is 4 km from the tekkali and has frequent transport facility.

Demography

According to The Imperial Gazetteer of India^[3] Tekkali in 1901 was a Zamindari tahsil in Ganjam district of Madras province. It lies on the coast of Bay of Bengal with an area of 275 square miles. The population was 124,626 compared with 115,553 in 1891. The tahsil consists of Tekkali town and about 350 villages. Tekkali town with a population of 7,557 is situated on the puri-paralakhemundi broad gauge railway.

Features

• Tekkali is connected with puri-paralakhemundi branch broad gauge railway line. Nearest mainline station is Naupada Junction and people prefer Naupada Junction station for catching long distance trains.
• Tekkali is on National Highway 5 about 50 km far away from Srikakulam (dt), 150 km away from Vizag and about 250 km away from Bhubneswar.
• Radhavallabhapuram village 5 km apart from Tekkali is famous for Shri Ragupathamma Temple.
• Syamasundarapuram village near tekkali is famous for Sri Jagadeeswara Temple.
• Telineelapuram village near Tekkali has famous bird sanctuary. Many pelican birds from Siberia visit Telineelapuram area every year.
• Area Hospital, Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad is located at Tekkali. It has a bed strength of 100 in-patients.^[4]
• Tekkali STD Code is 08945
• There is an Andhra university Affiliation engineering college called Shiva Rama Krishna College of Engineering & Technology also known as SRKT situated in Nandigan (Turakalakota) which is a 20min drive from tekkali.
• There is a Government Degree College and P.G College, Andhra University affiliated which is very old and famous college in Tekkali and now changed to DR.B.R.Ambedkar University.
• There is an engineering college called Aditya Institute Of Technology and Management also known as AITAM situated in kotturu which is a 15min drive from tekkali.
• There is a Head post office and another post office in the Tekkali market.
• Ravivalasa is famous for Sri Endala Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple.
• There is a famous SAI BABA temple in the village called devapuram which is 15 km from tekkali
• Radhavallabhapuram, a well educationally developed village in tekkali mandal is the smallest panchayat in the district of srikakulam.
• There is a famous Lingaraja swamy temple in the village called Lingalavalasa which is 9 km from tekkali.
• Lingalavalasa (Sorligam) village near tekkali is famous for Blue Granite stones.
• Jallapalli, a well agriculturally developed village in nandigam and tekkali mandal is the second smallest panchayat in the district of srikakulam. Which is 7 km from Tekkali. It is very peaceful location. Recently it is being developed in education also.
• Jayakrishnapuram village one km to tekkali has a rama temple.
• Jiyyannapeta viiage 5 km to tekkali has a famous krishna temple.

Assembly Constituency

Tekkali is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,45,921 registered voters in this constituency in 1999 elections.

List of Elected Members:

^[5]

• 1951 and 1955 - Rokkam Lakshmi Narasimham Dora.^[6]
• 1962 - Ronanki Satyanarayana, from gangaram village.^[7]
• 1967 - N. Ramulu.^[8]
• 1972 - Sattaru Lokanadham Naidu^[9]
• 1978 - Bammidi Narayana Swami
• 1983 - Attada Janardhana Rao
• 1985 - Varada Saroja
• 1989 - Duvvada Nagavali
• 1994 - N.T. Rama Rao
• 1995 - Hanumanthu Appayya Dora
• 1999 - Korla Revatipathi
• 2004 - Hanumanthu Appayya Dora
• 2009 - Korla Revatipathi
• 2009 - Korla Bharathi

Revenue Division

There are 12 mandals in Tekkali revenue division. They are Jalumuru, Tekkali, Kotabommali, Santhabommali, Nandigam, Vajrapukotturu, Palasa, Mandasa, Sompeta, Kanchili, Kaviti and Ichapuram.^[10]

Villages and Panchayats

There are 27 panchayats in Tekkali mandal.^[11]

• Akkavaram (village and panchayat)
• Ayodhyapuram (village and panchayat)
• Bannuvada (village and panchayat)
• Bhagavanpuram (village and panchayat)
• Boppaipuram (village and panchayat)
• Buragam (village and panchayat)
• Chakipalle (village and panchayat)
• Gudem (village and panchayat)
• Konusula Kothuru (village and panchayat)
• Lingalavalasa (village and panchayat)
• Meghavaram (village and panchayat)
• Mokhalingapuram (village and panchayat)
• Narsingapalle (village and panchayat)
• Parasurampuram (village and panchayat)
• Patha Naupada (village and panchayat)
• Pedarokallapalli (village and panchayat)
• Peddasana (village and panchayat)
• Polavaram (village and panchayat)
• Radhavallabhapuram (village and panchayat)
• Ravivalasa (village and panchayat)
• Sasanam (village and panchayat)
• Seethapuram (village and panchayat)
• Talagam (village and panchayat)
• Tekkali (village, panchayat and mandal headquarters)
• Telineelapuram (village and panchayat)
• Thirlangi (village and panchayat)
• Tolusurupalli (village and panchayat)
• Dharamaneelapuram (village)
• Rampuram (village)

References

v t e Cities, towns and locations in Srikakulam district Cities, municipal and census towns Amudalavalasa Ichchapuram Palasa Rajam Sompeta Srikakulam Tekkali Locations other than cities and towns Battili Palakonda See also People from Srikakulam district Villages in Srikakulam district