Kovvur

కొవ్వూరు Kovvuru
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కొవ్వూరు Kovvuru Location of కొవ్వూరు Kovvuru in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	17°01′00″N 81°44′00″E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	West Godavari
Population	39,193 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 534 350 • Telephone • +91 8813

Kovvuru (Telugu: కొవ్వూరు) is a small town, municipality and mandal in West Godavari district, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is situated adjacent to the west bank of the Godavari River.

Quick Facts

The name of Kovvuru was derived from Govu vooru ( A town of Cows). Since Cows are considered to be very holy in Indian Culture, this name is supposedly very holy. During the Godavari Pushkaralu, held every 12 years, Goshpada Kshetram (Gopadala revu) and temple are sacred places. There are many temples of various Hindu Gods in the Gopadala revu (Bank of the Cow's Footsteps). People from all over India come here for the holy dip in the river during the pushkaram.

There are three bridges across the Godavari River linking Kovvuru with Rajahmundry. The oldest of these was built by Sir Arthur Cotton and is over a hundred years old. Subsequently, a rail-cum-road bridge was built and most recently, another exclusive rail bridge was built for the Indian Railways after which the oldest bridge is retired. The rail-cum-road bridge is the longest rail-cum road bridge in Asia.Another road bridge linking Kovvur with Rajahmundry is under construction now and like to be completed in the year 2012.

Andhra Sugars company, which has a branch in Kovvuru is one of the oldest companies in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It was set up a few days before India gained its independence in 1947. One more industry in this place is Avanti Feeds Ltd., which has two branches in the town. Although both these factories at two opposite ends of the city, they have been causing severe pollution for many years and yet no action has been taken so far.

In the recent assembly elections Kovvuru was the only constituency in West Godavari won by the Telugu Desam Party. In the 1999 assembly elections, it was the only constituency in West Godavari won by Congress Party.

There are many small villages surrounding this simple town, viz., Vadapalli, Thougummi, Pasivedala, Dommeru, etc., A tour to all these lush green villages will give a glimpse of the agricultural economy the entire region has been dependent on. Pasivedala is 5 KM away and its name also has similar origins as Kovvuru. (Pasuvu means Cow in Telugu. Vedana means struggle). Later English people named it as Pasivedala.

One ancient temple, the Sarswathi Mandiramu, is near the factory on the banks of river Godavari. There is a big group of temples located near Factory : Sivalayam, Gayatridevi temple, Ramalayam, Krishna temple, Shirdi Saibaba temple. One of the most renowned Goudeeya Mathamu is situated in this small town opposite to the "Lanchila Revu" near the banks of River Godavari, where lot of Krishna's "Bhajanalu" and "Parayanamulu" will take place each and every day. Sri Venkateswara swamy Temple is located near the toll-gate at Road-cum-Rail bridge. It is very pleasant temple to visit.

Notable Hotels: Vijayavihar Hotel,Harshita Residency & Sai Lakshmi Residency.

Notable shopping places are: Anantha Lakshmi stores, Super market, Sunday "Santha", Uppala Satya Narayana Stores, Kotla vari Medical stores, Meenakshi Textiles,Big Bazar & Ratnam Traders.

Notable Hospitals and Clinics:Government Hospital Kovvur, Dr. Anuradha Clinic ,Bhuvaneswari Nursing Home.

Kalyana Mandapams: Parimi Rama Rayudu A/C Kalyanamandapam,TTD Kalyanamandapam,Arya Vaysa Kalyanamandapam,Litarary Club ,GS Rao Kalyanamandapam

Notable schools in Kovvuru include the Murthy Raju School, Godavari Public School, D.A.V.Model school, S.M.S Sankrit High School,KVR Talent School,Narayana Techno School and Dr. S.R.K High School.

Notable Colleges include: Govt Jr. College ( which caters students from 6th grade to 12th grade), ABN & PRR Degree College Sri Chaitanya Jr College

Notable People : Anumolu Ramakrishna ( Retd. Dy.MD,L&T, A Doyen in Indian Construction Industry) Sri Alluri Bapineedu Ex MLA & EX ZP Chairman Sri Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao Ex MLA Sri Koduri Sivarama Krishna Tulasi Vara Prasad,Ex MLC & Ex Municipal Chairman Kovvur S.S.Rajamouli ( Telugu Film Director/Producer). Manapragada Mallikarjuna Rao Lawyer Gandrapu Seetharamaya (80+ Years karnam in British Govt ) Sri Goparaju Rajanna (Renowned Journalist, Asst Editor of Times of India, The Hindu, Blitz Newspapers) Dr. Raparthi Balamani (Acclaimed Sankrit Pandit and Author of Sri Tripura Rahasyam) Dr. Goparaju Rama (Author and Ex-Principal,Ganganatha Jha Kendriya Samskrta Vidyapitha, Allahabad, National Sanskrit University)

Kovvur, as a town is expanding day by day as the Real Estate and Residential being the Hot Spot for Investment. Many Builders have launched their projects in Kovvur, like Deepthi Flats, Surya Apartments and still a lot in more in the process of being build. The credit goes to Mr. Chandra babu Naidu as, only under his reign, Kovvur reaped the benefits of Its main Aertial road getting a divider and two-way traffic too being implemented, it makes better for the residents of Kovvur. There is a famous factory Situated in Kovvur named as Andhra Sugars, where the employees of the factory are given good facilities as Quarters being the highlight of the town.

This town has autos and rickshaw walas hiring for a very less price. The Kovvur railway station has 3 platforms which are very huge and sufficiently designed without any wastage of space and newly Kovvur-"Badhrachalam Road" route has been launched and hence in the days to come it will become a junction. Kovvur is an ideal town for industrial/residential/tourism/agricultural development. The town is nearer to the Rajahmundry city so the development is very good. It is close to the papi hills so tourists can visit these places around the town.

Development has been quite fast during the past few years and trend of urbanization has been settling in . Many apartments are being built and they are sold as hotcakes implying that many people are willing to settle here.

This place has been a part of Telugu Film industry in numerous movies like Swathimutyam, Gangotri, Simhadri, etc.,

Geography

The Godavari River at Kovvuru

Kovvuru is located at 17.0167°N 81.7333°E / 17.0167; 81.7333. It has an average elevation of 11 Metres (36 Feet). The Great Maharshi Viswamitra like this town vry well

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Kovvur had a population of 39,193. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kovvur has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 66%. In Kovvur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. It is the only town in Andhra Pradesh where its literacy rate is increasing almost for 3 years.

Assembly constituency

Kovvur is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. It is considered as strong hold of TDP which won all the election battles here since its inception in 1983 except in 1999 when congress won with marginal majority. There are 1,68,312 registered voters in Kovvur constituency in 1999 elections.

List of elected members:

• 1952- Pinnamaneni Sree Ramachandra rao(CPI)
• 1955- Alluri Bapineedu (INC)
• 1962- Alluri Bapineedu (INC)
• 1967- Kuntamukkala Buchirayudu (IND)
• 1972- Alla Hanumantha rao (IND)
• 1978 - Munshi Abdul Aziz (INDIRA CONGRESS)
• 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994 - Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao (TDP)
• 1999 - G.S.Rao (INC)
• 2004 - Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao (TDP)
• 2009 - T.V.Rama Rao (TDP)

Panchayats and Villages

There are 17 village panchayats in Kovvuru mandal.

• Arikirevula (village and panchayat)
• Chidipi (village and panchayat)
• Decherla (village and panchayat)
• Dharmavaram (village and panchayat)
• Dommeru (village and panchayat)
• Isukapatlapangidi (village and panchayat)
• Kovvuru (panchayat and mandal headquarters)
• Kumaradevam (village and panchayat)
• Madduru (village and panchayat)
• Madduru Lanka (village and panchayat)
• Nandamuru (village and panchayat)
• Pasivedala (village and panchayat)
• Penakanametta (village and panchayat)
• Seethampeta (village and panchayat)
• Thogummi (village and panchayat)
• Vadapalli (village and panchayat)
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