Tunglam
| Tunglam Greater Visakhapatnam | |
|---|---|
| Suburb | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Vishakhapatnam |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 530012 |
| Vehicle registration | AP - 33 |
| Nearest city | Visakhapatnam |
| Sex ratio | 3:1 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 84%% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Visakhapatnam |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Gajuwaka |
Thunglam is a suburban area in Visakhapatnam.
History
Thungalam, a fast developing village, has a history of over 100 years. Nothing historical here but, has been recognised in many aspects.
Features
This place is 6 km (3.7 mi) from Visakhapatnam airport, 16 km (9.9 mi) from Visakhapatnam Railway station and 6 km from Duvvada railway station.
Other Information
Most of the people living here work in AutoNagar industrial area. On November 14, 2008, Mr.RamojiRao of eenadu group will inaugurate EENADU main office which is presently located at Seethmmadara. This place is in Gajuwaka Constituency, which is previously a part of Pendurthi constituency before constituency reformations. The first counselor of this ward was Mr.Kaki. Govinda Reddy of TDP party. This ward has been awarded "fastest developing ward" under the ruling of Mr.Govind Reddy. Telugu Desam Party which was led by Mr Chandra Babu Naidu gave him State secretary and also worked as Telugu Yuvatha Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. BHPV,a well-renowned company which has been taken over by BHEL recently is just besides Tunglam. Most of the people from here work abroad, mostly in Singapore, Qatar and Dubai. This village was previously in Gajuwaka municipality with 5th ward and now merged into Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation with 59th ward. In 20th April 1989 the fans of Sri kala Ratna NTR & Bala Krishna Fans Constructed Jai Santoshimatha Temple. This mandir was reconstructed by nandamuri fans with around 10Lakhs rupees and was inaugurated by Mr Kala Ratna Nandamuri Bala Krishna on 24th February, 2011. He attended to various poojas at this place.
Transport
RTC buses are available here 1 & 1T. also buses are available at BHPV.
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