Kavali

For a village in Nellore district, see Kavali, Nellore.

Kavali
Kavali Location of Kavali in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	14°55′N 79°59′E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Nellore
Population	85,616 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 28 metres (92 ft)

Kavali (KanakaPatnam,కనకపట్నం,కావలి) is the second largest town in Nellore district on the East Coast of India in the state of Andhra Pradesh on National Highway 5. It is one of the municipalities in Nellore district. Its position on the Grand Trunk Road. NH 5 and the east coast railway track (both of which connect Chennai and Kolkata along the east coast) helped its growth, more than the other towns in the Nellore district such as Udayagiri.

Kavali(KanakaPatnam) in the local tongue, Telugu means 'patrol' and KanakaPatnam means 'wealth will flow into this place'according to Potuluri Veera Bhramam garu. This name arises from the fact that In 1515 Harihara rayulu Udayagiri Raja (king) stationed his army at this town. Being located between Nellore (Nellore District) and Ongole (Prakasam District), it showcases local cultures and accents of both the districts.

The town houses Jawahar Bharati College, an institute for higher education, which was a fairly reputed college in the decades before 1990s. It is also well known for the wholesale cloth business in the Coastal Andhra Pradesh. One can find a large number of wholesale cloth markets along the most important road in the town, the Grand trunk road which passes right through the city.

A temple of the local divinity, Kalugollamma has a unique history and draws from British construction techniques of building very strong buildings. It is built with a unique rock called Bontha Raayi found only in this region, which makes this town a unique town in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The other important temples are Sivalayam (Rudrapada Kshethram), Vishnalayam and an Anjaneya temple which dates back to the 13th century according to the Sasana inscriptions found on the temple walls. Ramalayams, Saibaba Mandirs etc. draw the devotees.

Geography

Kavali is located at 14.92°N 79.98°E / 14.92; 79.98. It has an average elevation of 17 metres (56 ft). Kavali is second biggest town in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh State, India. Kavali is 8km away from the Bay of Bengal.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Kavali Mandal; had a population of 1,40,453.Kavali Town had a population of 85,616. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Kavali has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 58%, and female literacy is 65%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Entertainment

• There are five theatres in this town to screen the movies in local languages. Often, English and Hindi movies will be screened in these theatres. The names of the some of them are Manasa, Spandana, Sai Mahal, Latha, Venkateswara, Devi and also one new theatre is opening shortly.
• Kavali is very near to sea shore. Ramayapatnam, which is 14 km (8.7 mi) from Kavali has a scenic lighthouse and is a nice place to visit. However, lately, visitors are not allowed to climb the light house.
• There is a beautiful location of summer storage tank and its garden.
• Viswodaya Institutions, spread over a 100 acres (0.40 km²) are also worth a visit.
• Kotha satram and Tummalapenta are two beaches people visit often.
• Chintalapalem very near to kavali
• Evening time gowravaram daba program is very good with school friends.

Economy

• Kavali is a main trading centre for clothes like hosiery and wholesale readymade garments. A large number of cloth markets that flank the grand trunk road form a large component of local economy. Many readymade garments factories run in this town.

• People mainly depend on agriculture for income, paddy being the chief crop. There are many rice mills around the city to support. Farmers from kavali grow one of the finest rice varieties, "Molakolukulu", which forms a sizeable share of business here. Kavali is a local hub for farm inputs, and is the main market for agricultural produce around the area. A Kavali Diary(APDDC) is one of the famous ones here, supporting dairy industry.

• Gowravaram is one of the developed villages in Kavali Mandal.Gowravaram village is famous for Dhabhas.Gowravaram has six Dhabhas. Gowravaram is between kavali and nellore.It is located on national high way-5.Gowravaram is located south of kavali at 10km. Gowravaram has 3 large nurseries,One large dairy firm (owner-chandrababu naidu) and one good engineering college, R.S.R engineering college be placed.

Assembly and Parliament Constituency

Kavali is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

List of Elected Members: MLAs

• 1951 and 1955 - Bathena Ramakrishna Reddy
• 1962 - Yellampalli Penchalaiah
• 1967 - G. Subba Naidu
• 1972 - Gottipati Kondapa Naidu
• 1983 - Patallapalli Vengal Rao
• 1978, 1985, 1989 and 1994 - Kaliki Yanadi Reddy
• 1999 - Vanteru Venugopal Reddy
• 2004 - Magunta Parvathamma
• 2009 - Beeda Mastan Rao

MPs

Kavali parliamentary constituency came into being in 1962 and was lost in 1977. This was due to the delimitation based on the population. Now it is a part of the Nellore parliament constituency. The 3 MPs from Kavali were all from Congress.

• 1962--Bezwada Gopala Reddy
• 1967--Rebala Dasaradha rami Reddy
• 1971--Puli Venkata Reddy

Transport

The major railway line and highway NH 5 that connects Chennai and Kolkata pass through Kavali, as a result of which Kavali is easily accessible by road and rail from all south Indian cities like Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Guntur. The nearest international airport is Chennai (215 km south), with a smaller one at Tirupati (176 km south-east). The proposed Nellore domestic airport is 40 km (25 mi) from Kavali.

Culture

Telugu is the language of the natives. The town is located between the two district Head Quarters, Nellore and Ongole. Kavali has lot of Educational Institutes, so the town has lot of students from different regions of Andhra Pradesh. Rice and seafood are the most consumed foods in Kavali due to its coastal border. Many Muslims and Christians also live in the town. Masjids and Churches are plenty in the town. "Urusu" is worth watching for its diversified culture. The significant Vysya (business) community is famous for their clothes business.

Politics

Sri Kaliki Yanadi Reddy has been elected as MLA from this constituency cosecutively for four times. Now he is no more. After his era, Vanteru Venugopal reddy(1999-04) and Magunta parvatamma(2004-09) have taken his place. Currently Sri Beeda Mastan Rao(2009-14) of Telugu Desam party is the MLA.

Education

• DBS Institute of Technology
• Master Institute of Management Sciences & Technology
• Pace Computer Education
• Rami Reddy Subbarami Reddy Engineering College
• SVU Post-Graduate Center
• Visvodaya Engineering College (VEC)
• Visvodaya Institute of Technology & Science

Kavali also has many schools, Junior and Degree colleges. Some of them are:

• Master Roots A/C Campus
• Master ABM X-Seed Campus
• Master Educational Society Main Campus
• ABM Jr College
• Bhagawan Sri Satya Sai Gurukulam High School
• Bhashyam Group of Schools
• Geetanjali School
• Gomathy English Medium School
• Gowthami High School
• Jawahar Bharathi Degree College
• Jawahar Bharathi Jr College
• Jaya Usha English Medium School
• Jaya Usha High School
• Magunta Subbarama Reddy Degree College
• Minerva English Medium High School
• Municipal High School
• Nalanda English Medium high school
• Narendra Bharathi Oriental High School
• Naryana Educational Group School and College
• Noble College of Computer Sciences
• Padmavathi Degree College
• Padmavathi Engineering College
• Ratnam Group of Schools
• Ravindra Bharathi Group of Schools
• Sai Cooperative Junior College
• Sarada High School
• Sir Raman Junior College
• Sree Chaithanya Jr College
• Sri Sai Inter & Degree College (Machavaram)
• St. Ann's English Medium High School
• Visvodaya Public High School
• Viswasanthi High School

References

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