Chodavaram, Visakhapatnam district
| Chodavaram | |
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| Town | |
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Sunset at Chodavaram | |
  Chodavaram  Chodavaram Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 17°50′00″N 82°57′00″E / 17.8333°N 82.9500°ECoordinates: 17°50′00″N 82°57′00″E / 17.8333°N 82.9500°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Visakhapatnam |
| Elevation | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Vehicle registration | AP |
Chodavaram is a town in the Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India.[1]
Geography
Chodavaram is located at .[2]
History
In 1941 Chodavaram had a population of 8,379.[3] As per historian texts, the name of this village was "Chola Varam". The Chola Dynasty (300BC to 1279AD) which was ruling Tamil Nadu and Coastal Andhra Pradesh is having "Chola Varam" as their border post to enter into "Gajapathi Kingdom" of Orissa As the time passed, the name was changed to "Chodavaram".pin code is 531036
Demographics
As of Census 2011, the town has a population of 20,251 of which 9,868 are males and 10,383 are females. Average Sex Ratio of the village is 1052 against state average of 993. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 2035 which is 10.05% of total population of Chodavaram. Child Sex Ratio in the town is around 951 compared to Andhra Pradesh state average of 939. Literacy rate of Chodavaram town is 77.49% higher than state average of 67.02%.
Legislative Assembly
Chodavaram is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,54,712 registered voters in Chodavaram constituency in 1999 elections.
List of Elected Members:
- 1951 - Kandarpa Venkataramesam (KLP)
- 1955 - Reddi Jagannadham Naidu(Cong)
- 1967 - Sri Vechalapu Palavelly (Cong)
- 1972 - Sri Vechalapu Palavelly (Cong)
- 1978 - Emani Seetha Rama Sastry (Janata Party)
- 1983 - Gunuru Erri Naidu (Milatri Naidu) (TDP)
- 1985 - Gunuru Erri Naidu (Milatri Naidu) (TDP)
- 1989 - Balireddi Satya Rao (Cong)
- 1994 - Gunuru Erri Naidu (Milatri Naidu) (TDP)
- 1999 - Balireddi satya Rao (Cong)
- 2004 - Ganta Srinivasa Rao (TDP)
- 2008 - Ganta Srinivasa Rao resigned as MLA and Joined in PRP
- 2009 - KSNS Raju (TDP)
- 2014 - KSNS Raju (TDP)
The disadavantage of this process of Electorate in Chodavaram is, the people in this assembly area are electing leader who is from different party than who is ruling the state Government. This is happening from 1989 and impacting development of this area.ballireddi satya rao is worked as a cabinet minister of andhra pradesh
Education
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.[4][5] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.
References
- ↑ "Mandal wise list of villages in Visakhapatnam district" (PDF). Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics.Chodavaram
- ↑ Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 403
- ↑ "School Eduvation Department" (PDF). School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ↑ "The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal | AP State Portal". www.ap.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.